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muffle

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Noun — Something that softens or blocks out sound.

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Etymology

Comes from Middle English muflen (“to muffle”), an aphetic alteration of Anglo-Norman amoufler, from Old French enmoufler (“to wrap up, muffle”), from moufle (“mitten”), from Medieval Latin muffula (“a muff”), of Germanic origin (first recorded in the Capitulary of Aachen in 817 C.E.), from Frankish *muffël (“a muff, w...

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