ˈmumbled, ppl. a.
[f. mumble v. + -ed1.]
1. Spoken in an indistinct voice.
| 1545 Brinklow Compl. 6 The mombled and mynsed Masse. 1638 D. Mitchell Let. in Ld. Hailes Memor. (1766) II. 37, I have been..followed with many mumbled threatnings behind my back. 1841 D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 325 The Romanists had reduced their whole devotion to a mumbled ritual and a mechanical service. |
2. mumbled eggs: buttered or scrambled eggs. (Cf. mumble v. 6.)
| 1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Ind. Househ. Managem. 88 Mumbled eggs, or ‘rumble-tumble’. |