Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - mumbo-jumbo
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also mumbo-jumbo If you describe ideas or words, especially religious or technical ones, as mumbo jumbo, you mean that they are nonsense. (INFORMAL) It’s all full of psychoanalytic mumbo-jumbo. N-UNCOUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Mumbo Jumbo, a masked figure among Mandingo peoples of western Africa Date: 1738 1. an object of superstitious homage and fear 2. a. a complicated often ritualistic observance with elaborate trappings b. complicated activity or language usually intended to obscure and confuse 3. unnecessarily involved and incomprehensible language ; gibberish 4. language, behavior, or beliefs based on superstition ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -jumbos) 1 meaningless or ignorant ritual. 2 language or action intended to mystify or confuse. 3 an object of senseless veneration. Etymology: Mumbo Jumbo, a supposed African idol ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. идол некоторых африканских племен 2. предмет суеверного поклонения; идол, фетиш 3. (m.j.) бессмысленное бормотание (заклинаний, молитв) 4. (m.j.) туманные речи; нарочитая неясность высказывания 5. суеверие 6. колдовство ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1738, name of an idol supposedly worshipped by certain tribes in Africa; probably a corruption of words in Mandingo. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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