Mummerset
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of mummer (“actor in a pantomime”) + Somerset (“county in the west of England”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌməsɛt/, /-sɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌmɚˌsɛt/
- Hyphenation: Mum‧mer‧set
Proper noun
[edit]Mummerset (humorous)
- An imaginary rural county in the West Country of England.
- (often theater) An invented English-language dialect used by actors that mimics a stereotypical West Country rural accent.
Translations
[edit]imaginary rural county in the West Country of England
invented English-language dialect used by actors that mimics a stereotypical West Country rural accent
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References
[edit]- ^ “Mummerset, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2022.
- ^ “Mummerset, n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Collins English Dictionary: Complete & Unabridged, digital edition, [London]: HarperCollins, 2012.
