Apr. 3rd, 2009

murmled

Apr. 3rd, 2009 07:11 am
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Forgotten English Friday comes again.


murmled - "A man or beast is said to be murmled about the feet when going lame; sometimes murbled. —John Jamieson's Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1808"


Despite this, Googling finds it more commonly used these days to mean something between mumbled and murmured.

---L.

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