Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MOM'MER-Y, or MUM'MER-Y
MOM'MER-Y, or MUM'MER-Y, n. [Fr. momerie, from Momus, the god of raillery and jesting.]
An entertainment or frolick in masks; a farcical entertainment in which masked persons play antic tricks. Rowe.
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