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dummel, a. (n.) dial. (ˈdʌməl) [app. a deriv. of dumb, with the more general sense seen in Ger. dumm, Du. domm.] A. adj. Stupid, dull, slow. B. n. A dumb person; a stupid, dull person.1570 Levins Manip. 55 A Dumel, stupidus..A Dummel, mutus. 1847–78 Halliwell, Dummil, a slow jade. Salop. 1878 Jeffer...
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dumble-
dumble- in names of insects, app. the same as dummel; but varying with bumble-, drumble-, humble-.
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drumble
▪ I. † drumble, n.1 Obs. exc. dial. [Variant of dumble, dummel, perh. influenced by drone, or dromedary.] An inert or sluggish person; a ‘drone’.1575 Appius & Virg. in Hazl. Dodsley IV. 118 Yea, but what am I? A dreamer, a drumble, a fire or a spark? 1879 Shropsh. Word-bk., Drumble, obsols., a dull,...
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