different between gadder vs gladder

English

Etymology

gad +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æd?(r)/
• Rhymes: -æd?(r)

Noun

gadder (plural gadders)

1. One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip.
   • 1662, Thomas Fuller, History of the Worthies of England

     He was no gadder abroad, or discontinuer from his convent, for a long time.

2. (obsolete) A drilling or perforating machine or apparatus for mining and mineral exploration.

Anagrams

• Edgard, dradge, garded, graded, radged

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English gladere, from Old English glædra (adj), glador (adverb), comparative of glæd (“glad, shining, bright”). More at glad.

Adjective

gladder

1. comparative form of glad: more glad

Etymology 2

From gladder (“one who makes glad”), or perhaps from Middle English *gladderen, from Old English *gladrian (“to make glad”), equivalent to glad +? -er (“fequentative suffix”).

Verb

gladder (third-person singular simple present gladders, present participle gladdering, simple past and past participle gladdered)

1. (nonstandard, proscribed, rare) Misspelling of gladden.
   • 1909, Country Correspondence, Political Department, 1800-[1804]:

     Under the auspicious influence of the Company's just and equitable administration, the face of this province is gladdered [Sic-]—the blossoms of Peace are blowing and the blessings of tranquility increasing daily [...]

   • 2006, P?rana Si?gha, S?hitya Ak?dem?, The knock at midnight:

     The light of snow has gladdered the heart [...]

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English *gladere (“gladder”), from gladian (“to make glad”).

Noun

gladder (plural gladders)

1. One who makes glad or gives joy.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)