MAUNDER
chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble
(verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate
(verb) talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice
maunder
(verb) wander aimlessly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
maunder (third-person singular simple present maunders, present participle maundering, simple past and past participle maundered)
To speak in a disorganized or desultory manner; to babble or prattle.
To wander or walk aimlessly.
(intransitive, obsolete) To beg; to whine like a beggar.
Synonyms
• (speak in a disorganized manner): babble, prattle, ramble
• (walk aimlessly): ramble, wander
Noun
maunder (plural maunders)
(obsolete) A beggar.
Anagrams
• Mundare, duramen, manured, unarmed, undream
Source: Wiktionary
Maund, Maund"er, v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. mendier to beg, E. mendicant.]
1. To beg. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Beau. & Fl.
2. To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly; to talk incoherently. He was ever maundering by the how that he met a party of scarlet devils. Sir W. Scott.
Maund"er, v. t.
Definition: To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter.
Maund"er, n.
Definition: A beggar. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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