mumchance

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Mute, or not speaking

I wrote Miss Crane off as mediocre because although she chatted quite pleasantly and intelligently over coffee she was mostly mumpchance at the dinner table. Oh, not mumpchance tout court.

A game of hazard played with cards in silence

A silent, stupid person

{s} reticent, silent; speechless; tongue-tied, unable to speak

Silent and idle

{i} (Archaic) masquerade; person who just stands without saying anything (implying that he or she is not very bright)

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mum·chance

Etimoloji

() From Middle English mommen (“mutter, be silent”) and Middle High German mummenschantze (“game of chance as part of a masquerade, mime performance, revel”) from Old French momen (“mask”) and cheance (“game of chance”)