Mummerset
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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, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2022.
- ^ “Mummerset, n.”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present, reproduced from Collins English Dictionary, 10th edition, London: Collins, 2010, →ISBN.
