MUMPS


Meaning of MUMPS in English

n.pl. 1 (treated as sing.) a contagious and infectious viral disease with swelling of the parotid salivary glands in the face. 2 a fit of sulks. mumpish adj. (in sense 2).

[ archaic mump be sullen ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.