mammering

mammering

English

Etymology 1

From mammer +‎ -ing.

Verb

mammering

1. present participle of mammer

Etymology 2

From mammer +‎ -ing.

Adjective

mammering (comparative more mammering, superlative most mammering)

1. Hesitating; hesitant; wavering.
   • 1581, J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe, Against Jerome Osorius 358:

     This doctrine doth abolish quite the doctrine of the law, of repentaunce,..and commaundeth a mammering doubtfulnesse.