mumness noun2 •The state or quality of being a mum (mother).‘Where did you go, love?’ Mum asks, but she asks as if she's not really interested, as if she isn't inside her body any longer, her comfortable familiar mumness. — 1999 •The quality of being mum or silent.Like Thomas More, I can't advise Mrs. Chodorov. I must remain mum. Herewith my mumness. — 1979
