different between dabber vs dauber

English

Etymology

dab +? -er

Noun

dabber (plural dabbers)

1. A thing or person that dabs.
2. A cushioned pad used for applying ink.
3. A type of thick marker pen used to mark a bingo card.

   Synonyms: dauber, dobber

Anagrams

• barbed, debarb

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

dabber

1. present of dabbe

English

Etymology

From Middle English daubere, equivalent to daub +? -er.

Noun

dauber (plural daubers)

1. (derogatory) One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:unskilled person

   • 1853, Shearjashub Spooner, Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3), page 140:

     After he had exerted all his powers to produce a masterpiece of art, the canons, upon viewing the picture, pronounced it a contemptible performance, and the artist a miserable dauber; and Vandyck could hardly obtain payment for his work.

   • 1869, Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives

     I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a common-place dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.

   • 2015, Erich Maria Remarque, The Promised Land, Random House (?ISBN), page 412:

     I'm not a good painter; I'm a dauber who can get a good likeness. Van Gogh or Cézanne would never have made it; I was given a bottle of Beaujolais and a set of directions.

2. (copperplate printing) A pad or ball of rags, covered with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.
3. A type of thick marker pen used to mark a bingo card.

   Synonyms: dabber, dobber

4. (archaic) A low and gross flatterer.
5. The mud wasp; the mud dauber.

Translations

Anagrams

• Bauder, ear bud, ear-bud, earbud

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.be/

Verb

dauber

1. (dated) to hit; to strike
2. (by extension) to insult; to denigrate; to defame

Conjugation

Further reading

• “dauber” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• dober

Etymology

Origin obscure. Probably from a merger of Latin dealb?re (“to whiten”), Frankish *dubban (“to hit, push”),and Old Norse dubba (“to dub, arm, equip, furnish”).

Verb

dauber

1. to whiten; whitewash
2. to provide with; to furnish with
3. to hit; to strike
4. to insult; to denigrate; to defame

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-b, *-bs, *-bt are modified to p, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Related terms

• adober

Descendants

• English: daub
• French: dauber