As a verb mammer
is (rare) to hesitate.
As a noun gammer is
(obsolete) an old woman.
mammer
English
Verb
(
en verb)
(rare) To hesitate.
- Tell me, Othello: I wonder in my soul, What you would ask me, that I should deny, Or stand so mammering on'' — Shakespeare, ''Othello .
(rare) To mumble or stammer from doubt or hesitation.
Derived terms
*mammery
*mammering
gammer
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(obsolete) An old woman.
Related terms
*gaffer
See also
* a 16th century English comedy.
Anagrams
*gramme
