▪ I. † mumps Obs.
[? Short for mumpsimus 1 b; or connected with mump v.1 3.]
A term of contempt or mock endearment for a woman.
| 1598–9 B. Jonson Case is Altered ii. ii, Diuine Mumps, prety Pastorella. a 1616 Beaum. & Fl. Scornf. Lady v. i, Not such another as I was, Mumps; nor will not be. 1695 tr. Martial ii. xli. 106 Weep, if you're prudent, old mumps. |
▪ II. mumps
see mump n.