Umbles
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Umbles is a noun meaning A set of symptoms of hypothermia: stumbling (incoordination), mumbling (difficulty speaking), fumbling (also incoordination but different this time in some way), and grumbling (worsening mood).
Meaning
A set of symptoms of hypothermia: stumbling (incoordination), mumbling (difficulty speaking), fumbling (also incoordination but different this time in some way), and grumbling (worsening mood).
More Meanings
- (archaic) Animal entrails, especially of a deer.
Example Sentences
When Thetis deserted Peleus, he took the child to Cheiron the Centaur, who reared him on Mount Pelion, feeding him on the umbles of lions and wild boars, and the marrow of bears, to give him courage [...].
Related Words
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