different between maunderer vs maunder

English

Etymology

maunder +? -er

Noun

maunderer (plural maunderers)

1. A babbler, a mumbler, one who speaks incessantly.

Translations

Anagrams

• remanured

English

Etymology

From earlier maund (“to beg”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??nd?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?nd?/

Verb

maunder (third-person singular simple present maunders, present participle maundering, simple past and past participle maundered)

1. To speak in a disorganized or desultory manner; to babble or prattle.
   • 1834, Maria Edgeworth, Helen, v. 3, ch. V

     "Not so fast, Lady Cecilia; not yet;" and now Louisa went on with a medical maundering. "As to low spirits, my dear Cecilia, I must say I agree with Sir Sib Pennyfeather, who tells me it is not mere common low spirits […] "

   • 1871, Henry James, A Passionate Pilgrim, ch. IV

     On the following day my friend's exhaustion had become so great that I began to fear his intelligence altogether broken up. But toward evening he briefly rallied, to maunder about many things, confounding in a sinister jumble the memories of the past weeks and those of bygone years.

   • 1889, Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, ch. XVII

     What are you maundering about? He's going out from here a free man and whole—he's not going to die.
2. To wander or walk aimlessly.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To beg; to whine like a beggar.

Synonyms

• (speak in a disorganized manner): babble, prattle, ramble
• (walk aimlessly): ramble, wander

Related terms

• maunderer
• maundering

Translations

References

• 1827, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language:

  2. To wander about in a thoughtful manner; to talk confusedly; [perhaps from the Gael. mandagh, a stutterer.] A northern word. It is written both maunder and mander.

Noun

maunder (plural maunders)

1. (obsolete) A beggar.

Anagrams

• Mundare, duramen, manured, unarmed, undream