Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MUM'MER-Y
MUM'MER-Y, n. [Fr. momerie; Sp. momeria. See Mumm.]
- Masking; sport; diversion; frolicking in masks; low contemptible amusement; buffoonery. Your fathers / Disdained the mummery of foreign strollers. Fenton.
- Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade to delude vulgar minds.
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