Definition for MUM'MER-Y

MUM'MER-Y, n. [Fr. momerie; Sp. momeria. See Mumm.]

  1. Masking; sport; diversion; frolicking in masks; low contemptible amusement; buffoonery. Your fathers / Disdained the mummery of foreign strollers. Fenton.
  2. Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade to delude vulgar minds.

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