Mumps
Mumps , noun
[Prov. English mump to be sulky. Compare Mump, Mumble, and Mum.]
1.
Sullenness; silent displeasure; the sulks. — Skinner
2.
(Medicine) A specific infectious febrile disorder characterized by a nonsuppurative inflammation of the parotid glands, and sometimes causing inflammation of the testes or ovaries; also called epidemic parotitis or infectious parotitis. It is caused by infection with a paramyxovirus.