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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