Meaning of MUMBO-JUMBO
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- [n] language that is unnecessarily difficult to understand
- [n] a state of confusion; ritual accompanied by complicated and purposeless activity that obscures and confuses; "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"
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MUMBO-JUMBO is a 11 letter word that starts with M. |
| | Synonyms: | | hugger-mugger |
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| | See Also: | | confusion, gibber, gibberish | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Mum"bo Jum`bo\
An object of superstitious homage and fear. --Carlyle.
The miserable Mumbo Jumbo they paraded. --Dickens.
\Mum"bo Jum"bo\, n. [Perh. fr. the native name of an
African god.]
Among the Mandingos of the western Sudan, a bugbear by means
of which the women are terrified and disciplined by societies
of the men, one of whom assumes a masquerade for the purpose;
hence, loosely, any Negro idol, fetish, or bugaboo.
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