different between numps vs mumps

English

Etymology

Compare numb.

Noun

numps (plural numpses)

1. (obsolete) A fool; a blockhead.
   • 1673, Samuel Parker, A Reproof to the Rehearsal Transprosed[1]

     These are villainous engines indeed; but take heart, Numps! here is not a word of the stocks; and you need never stand in awe of any more honourable correction.

   • 1902, John Kendrick Bangs, Olympian Nights, ch. 10:

     "You're a dizzard!" I retorted. "And a noodle and a jolt-head; you're a jobbernowl and a doodle, a maundering mooncalf and a blockheaded numps, a gaby and a loon; you're a Hatter!" I shrieked the last epithet.

English

Etymology

Circa 1600, from mump (“grimace”, noun), compare mump (verb), most likely referring to the painful difficulty in swallowing.

Noun

mumps pl (plural only)

1. (pathology) A contagious disease caused by the Mumps virus of the genus Rubulavirus, mostly occurring in childhood, which causes swelling of glands in the face and neck.
2. (dated) A gloomy or sullen silence.

Usage notes

• Usually used with a singular verb.

Hypernyms

• parotitis

Translations

Verb

mumps

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mump

Noun

mumps

1. plural of mump

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “mumps”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• PMMUs