mubble-fubbles

名词 n.
/ˈmʌbəlˌfʌbəlz/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The doldrums; the blahs; a downer; a mood of depression, dejection or melancholy. colloquial,obsolete,plural,plural-only
    — Ile make him pull his powting croscloath ouer his beetle browes for melancholie, and then my next booke, shall be Martin in his mubble fubbles.

词形变化

muble-fubles alternative mumble-fubbles alternative

词源

Not clear. Likely onomatopoeic. Possibly reduplication of derived from the then-used verbs mumble (“to mix up”) and fubble (“to jumble up”), or perhaps the slang term fumble (“to sexually underperform”). Compare mumble-jumble.
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