What is the meaning of Mumps?

  • (n.) A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands; epidemic or infectious parotitis.
  • (n.) Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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