haveringn.

Brit.

/ˈheɪv(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈheɪv(ə)rɪŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈhev(ə)rɪŋ/

Forms: see haver v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: haver v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < haver v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier haver n.³

1. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). The action or an act of talking foolishly or inconsequentially; empty talk, nonsense; chatter, gossip.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun]

windc1290

trotevalea1300

follyc1300

jangle1340

jangleryc1374

tongue1382

fablec1384

clapa1420

babbling?c1430

clackc1440

pratinga1470

waste?a1475

clattera1500

trattle1513

babble?a1525

tattlea1529

tittle-tattlea1529

chatc1530

babblery1532

bibble-babble1532

slaverings1535

trittle-trattle1563

prate?1574

babblement1595

pribble-prabble1595

pribble1603

morologya1614

pibble-pabblea1616

sounda1616

spitter-spatter1619

argology1623

vaniloquence1623

vaniloquy1623

drivelling1637

jabberment1645

blateration1656

onology1670

whittie-whattiea1687

stultiloquence1721

claver1722

blether1786

havera1796

jaunder1796

havering1808

slaver1825

yatter1827

bugaboo1833

flapdoodle1834

bavardage1835

maunder1835

tattlement1837

slabber1840

gup1848

faddle1850

chatter1851

cock1851

drivel1852

maundering1853

drooling1854

windbaggery1859

blither1866

javer1869

mush1876

slobber1886

guff1888

squit1893

drool1900

macaroni1924

jive1928

natter1943

shtick1948

old talk1956

yack1958

yackety-yack1958

ole talk1964

Haigspeak1981

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adjective] > engaging in idle talk

babblinga1250

chatteringa1250

drivellinga1475

clattering1477

trattling?a1513

prating1528

bluddering1553

chatting1589

mouthy1589

dribbling1593

tinkling1625

stultiloquious1683

havering1720

vaniloquent1727

haverela1774

havering1808

stultiloquent1845

yattering1859

blethery1889

blithering1889

yackety-yacking1953

yacketing1958

nattering1959

yacking1959

chopsy1974

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. II. at L Thus..haivrel, one who is habituated to foolish talking, or haivering.

a1845 C. Nairne in C. Rogers Life & Songs Baroness Nairne (1869) 87 I'll no pit up wi' her, nor her haverin'!

1872 V. St. Clair Rough but True xiv. 87 ‘Stop your havering,’ said the doctor.

1905 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 339 Do I weary you with my haverings and my memories?

1944 J. Bridie Mr Bolfry 64 in Plays for Plain People With all this havering, I was forgetting about your cups of tea.

2007 R. Cole My Mother bids Me iv. 92 Enough of your havering, woman!

2. Chiefly British (originally Scottish). Indecisive behaviour; hesitation, vacillation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun]

yea-and-nayc1384

vacillationc1400

titteringa1413

stackeringc1440

wondingc1440

fluctuationc1450

waver1519

mammering1532

uncertainty1548

wavering1548

to and fro1553

suspense1560

staggering1565

suspension1568

mammery1578

demur1581

branle1591

dilly-dally1592

hesitance1601

irresolution1601

uncertainness1601

undecision1611

waveringness1614

hesitancy1617

unsettledness1619

hesitation1622

unresolvednessa1626

doubleness of minda1628

wavinga1628

swagging1636

poise1637

mambling1640

stickagea1647

vacillancy1668

whifflinga1677

hovering1679

unresolve1679

irresoluteness1686

shilly-shally1755

indecisiona1763

undecisiveness1779

indecisiveness1793

oscillation1798

flexility1815

shilly-shallying1842

swaying1850

Hamletism1852

teeter1855

havering1866

off and on1875

dilly-dallying1879

double-mindedness1881

hesitatingness1890

dither1958

1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 74 Ye needna be haiverin' that wye aboot gain' haim..wee the lassie. A ken ye like 'ir... Sae aff ye gang, an' hae deen wee yir haiveran.

1920 A. Beaman Squadroon v. 92 When he had to give a decision, there was no beating about the bush, no havering: it was definite and final.

1955 J. Bayley In Another Country 75 It was a classic moment for polite havering, but..she climbed in without more ado.

2003 T. Holland Rubicon x. 299 He abandoned Rome. So too, after a night of havering and hand-wringing, did most of the Senate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

haveringadj.

Brit.

/ˈheɪv(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈheɪv(ə)rɪŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈhev(ə)rɪŋ/

Forms: see haver v. and -ing suffix²; also 1700s hav'ren, 1800s averin (Galloway).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, -ing suffix²; haver v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin (compare discussion at haver v.) + -ing suffix². With sense 1 compare later haver v. and earlier clavering adj. at claver v.² Derivatives. In sense 2 < haver v. (compare sense 2 at that entry) + -ing suffix².

1. Chiefly Scottish. Given to or characterized by foolish or inconsequential chattering; garrulous, talkative; nonsensical.The sense of quot. 1720 is unclear; in the glossary at the end of the text (p. 373) haveren, havrel are glossed as ‘sloven’, and it is possible that hav'ren in the quot. means ‘slovenly’. Cf. haverel n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adjective] > engaging in idle talk

babblinga1250

chatteringa1250

drivellinga1475

clattering1477

trattling?a1513

prating1528

bluddering1553

chatting1589

mouthy1589

dribbling1593

tinkling1625

stultiloquious1683

havering1720

vaniloquent1727

haverela1774

havering1808

stultiloquent1845

yattering1859

blethery1889

blithering1889

yackety-yacking1953

yacketing1958

nattering1959

yacking1959

chopsy1974

1720 A. Ramsay Poems 329 Gleg-eyed friends..Receiv'd it [sc. a poem] as a dainty prize, For a' it was sae hav'ren. Gart Lintot take it to his Press, And clead it in a braw new Dress... It was made clean and braw.

1794 J. Grahame Poems 107 Haverin Auld Age, Pointin alang your title page, Will ding, wi meikle dule and wae, [etc.].

1817 Carlop Green in R. Brown Comic Poems 125 Meikle kyte, braws, and consequence, And haveran' wheety-whats.

1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 90 The dull, stupid, superannuated, havering Edinburgh.

1860 H. B. Farnie Fife Coast ix. 109 He may be called ‘Haverin' Jock’, indicating considerable powers of pointless loquacity.

1911 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 525/1 I am a havering and doited old woman.

1985 L. Lochhead tr. Molière Tartuffe 18 Don't listen tae this damp haiverin' bellum.

2009 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 1 May (Sport section) 2 His havering post-match conferences have helped ensure a cult status..and prompted the cynics to suggest his chirpy waffle is all an act.

2. Chiefly British. Vacillating, indecisive, wavering.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective]

twiredec888

orrathc1175

twofoldc1175

twifoldc1200

waveringc1315

uncertain1382

suspensec1440

mammeringa1450

flowing?1504

floghtering1521

vacillant1521

in a mammering1532

double-minded1552

unstaid1561

unresolute1570

unresolved?1571

staggeringa1577

frittle1579

irresolute1579

cheverel1583

off and on1583

halting1585

unsettleda1593

unresolving1599

demurring1607

waving1611

suspensive1614

hoveringa1616

startling1619

irresolved1621

hesitating1622

indetermined1628

variousa1643

branling1645

hesitant1647

non-sincere1656

hesitatious1657

humdrum1660

shuttlecock1660

yea-and-nay1672

swaying1688

interpendent1708

undetermined1718

Squadronec1720

hesitatorya1734

volanta1734

shilly-shally1734

dilly-dally1749

niffy-naffy1765

wiggle-waggle1778

undecided1779

undecisive1780

indecisive1787

conflicted1789

hesitative1795

undeciding1802

vacillating1814

yea-nay1827

demurrant1836

willy-nilly1839

shilly-shallying1842

oscillative1852

Hamletish1854

vacillatory1854

dilly-dallying1879

thistledown1897

weak-principled1913

not-quite1920

off-again on-again1923

dithery1931

havering1975

1975 D. C. Watt Too Serious Business vi. 144 Central to that failure was the havering indecision of General von Brauchitsch.

1984 Guardian (Nexis) 24 Nov. The outcome could have a pivotal effect on our havering allies.

2008 N. Rankin Genius for Deception i. v. 73 His decisive speech masked a havering temperament.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	havering
释义	haveringn. Brit. /ˈheɪv(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈheɪv(ə)rɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈhev(ə)rɪŋ/ Forms: see haver v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: haver v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < haver v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier haver n.³ 1. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern). The action or an act of talking foolishly or inconsequentially; empty talk, nonsense; chatter, gossip. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [noun] windc1290 trotevalea1300 follyc1300 jangle1340 jangleryc1374 tongue1382 fablec1384 clapa1420 babbling?c1430 clackc1440 pratinga1470 waste?a1475 clattera1500 trattle1513 babble?a1525 tattlea1529 tittle-tattlea1529 chatc1530 babblery1532 bibble-babble1532 slaverings1535 trittle-trattle1563 prate?1574 babblement1595 pribble-prabble1595 pribble1603 morologya1614 pibble-pabblea1616 sounda1616 spitter-spatter1619 argology1623 vaniloquence1623 vaniloquy1623 drivelling1637 jabberment1645 blateration1656 onology1670 whittie-whattiea1687 stultiloquence1721 claver1722 blether1786 havera1796 jaunder1796 havering1808 slaver1825 yatter1827 bugaboo1833 flapdoodle1834 bavardage1835 maunder1835 tattlement1837 slabber1840 gup1848 faddle1850 chatter1851 cock1851 drivel1852 maundering1853 drooling1854 windbaggery1859 blither1866 javer1869 mush1876 slobber1886 guff1888 squit1893 drool1900 macaroni1924 jive1928 natter1943 shtick1948 old talk1956 yack1958 yackety-yack1958 ole talk1964 Haigspeak1981 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adjective] > engaging in idle talk babblinga1250 chatteringa1250 drivellinga1475 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 prating1528 bluddering1553 chatting1589 mouthy1589 dribbling1593 tinkling1625 stultiloquious1683 havering1720 vaniloquent1727 haverela1774 havering1808 stultiloquent1845 yattering1859 blethery1889 blithering1889 yackety-yacking1953 yacketing1958 nattering1959 yacking1959 chopsy1974 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. II. at L Thus..haivrel, one who is habituated to foolish talking, or haivering. a1845 C. Nairne in C. Rogers Life & Songs Baroness Nairne (1869) 87 I'll no pit up wi' her, nor her haverin'! 1872 V. St. Clair Rough but True xiv. 87 ‘Stop your havering,’ said the doctor. 1905 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 339 Do I weary you with my haverings and my memories? 1944 J. Bridie Mr Bolfry 64 in Plays for Plain People With all this havering, I was forgetting about your cups of tea. 2007 R. Cole My Mother bids Me iv. 92 Enough of your havering, woman! 2. Chiefly British (originally Scottish). Indecisive behaviour; hesitation, vacillation. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] yea-and-nayc1384 vacillationc1400 titteringa1413 stackeringc1440 wondingc1440 fluctuationc1450 waver1519 mammering1532 uncertainty1548 wavering1548 to and fro1553 suspense1560 staggering1565 suspension1568 mammery1578 demur1581 branle1591 dilly-dally1592 hesitance1601 irresolution1601 uncertainness1601 undecision1611 waveringness1614 hesitancy1617 unsettledness1619 hesitation1622 unresolvednessa1626 doubleness of minda1628 wavinga1628 swagging1636 poise1637 mambling1640 stickagea1647 vacillancy1668 whifflinga1677 hovering1679 unresolve1679 irresoluteness1686 shilly-shally1755 indecisiona1763 undecisiveness1779 indecisiveness1793 oscillation1798 flexility1815 shilly-shallying1842 swaying1850 Hamletism1852 teeter1855 havering1866 off and on1875 dilly-dallying1879 double-mindedness1881 hesitatingness1890 dither1958 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 74 Ye needna be haiverin' that wye aboot gain' haim..wee the lassie. A ken ye like 'ir... Sae aff ye gang, an' hae deen wee yir haiveran. 1920 A. Beaman Squadroon v. 92 When he had to give a decision, there was no beating about the bush, no havering: it was definite and final. 1955 J. Bayley In Another Country 75 It was a classic moment for polite havering, but..she climbed in without more ado. 2003 T. Holland Rubicon x. 299 He abandoned Rome. So too, after a night of havering and hand-wringing, did most of the Senate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). haveringadj. Brit. /ˈheɪv(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈheɪv(ə)rɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈhev(ə)rɪŋ/ Forms: see haver v. and -ing suffix²; also 1700s hav'ren, 1800s averin (Galloway). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, -ing suffix²; haver v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < a first element of uncertain origin (compare discussion at haver v.) + -ing suffix². With sense 1 compare later haver v. and earlier clavering adj. at claver v.² Derivatives. In sense 2 < haver v. (compare sense 2 at that entry) + -ing suffix². 1. Chiefly Scottish. Given to or characterized by foolish or inconsequential chattering; garrulous, talkative; nonsensical.The sense of quot. 1720 is unclear; in the glossary at the end of the text (p. 373) haveren, havrel are glossed as ‘sloven’, and it is possible that hav'ren in the quot. means ‘slovenly’. Cf. haverel n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adjective] > engaging in idle talk babblinga1250 chatteringa1250 drivellinga1475 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 prating1528 bluddering1553 chatting1589 mouthy1589 dribbling1593 tinkling1625 stultiloquious1683 havering1720 vaniloquent1727 haverela1774 havering1808 stultiloquent1845 yattering1859 blethery1889 blithering1889 yackety-yacking1953 yacketing1958 nattering1959 yacking1959 chopsy1974 1720 A. Ramsay Poems 329 Gleg-eyed friends..Receiv'd it [sc. a poem] as a dainty prize, For a' it was sae hav'ren. Gart Lintot take it to his Press, And clead it in a braw new Dress... It was made clean and braw. 1794 J. Grahame Poems 107 Haverin Auld Age, Pointin alang your title page, Will ding, wi meikle dule and wae, [etc.]. 1817 Carlop Green in R. Brown Comic Poems 125 Meikle kyte, braws, and consequence, And haveran' wheety-whats. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 90 The dull, stupid, superannuated, havering Edinburgh. 1860 H. B. Farnie Fife Coast ix. 109 He may be called ‘Haverin' Jock’, indicating considerable powers of pointless loquacity. 1911 Blackwood's Mag. Oct. 525/1 I am a havering and doited old woman. 1985 L. Lochhead tr. Molière Tartuffe 18 Don't listen tae this damp haiverin' bellum. 2009 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 1 May (Sport section) 2 His havering post-match conferences have helped ensure a cult status..and prompted the cynics to suggest his chirpy waffle is all an act. 2. Chiefly British. Vacillating, indecisive, wavering. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective] twiredec888 orrathc1175 twofoldc1175 twifoldc1200 waveringc1315 uncertain1382 suspensec1440 mammeringa1450 flowing?1504 floghtering1521 vacillant1521 in a mammering1532 double-minded1552 unstaid1561 unresolute1570 unresolved?1571 staggeringa1577 frittle1579 irresolute1579 cheverel1583 off and on1583 halting1585 unsettleda1593 unresolving1599 demurring1607 waving1611 suspensive1614 hoveringa1616 startling1619 irresolved1621 hesitating1622 indetermined1628 variousa1643 branling1645 hesitant1647 non-sincere1656 hesitatious1657 humdrum1660 shuttlecock1660 yea-and-nay1672 swaying1688 interpendent1708 undetermined1718 Squadronec1720 hesitatorya1734 volanta1734 shilly-shally1734 dilly-dally1749 niffy-naffy1765 wiggle-waggle1778 undecided1779 undecisive1780 indecisive1787 conflicted1789 hesitative1795 undeciding1802 vacillating1814 yea-nay1827 demurrant1836 willy-nilly1839 shilly-shallying1842 oscillative1852 Hamletish1854 vacillatory1854 dilly-dallying1879 thistledown1897 weak-principled1913 not-quite1920 off-again on-again1923 dithery1931 havering1975 1975 D. C. Watt Too Serious Business vi. 144 Central to that failure was the havering indecision of General von Brauchitsch. 1984 Guardian (Nexis) 24 Nov. The outcome could have a pivotal effect on our havering allies. 2008 N. Rankin Genius for Deception i. v. 73 His decisive speech masked a havering temperament. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1808adj.1720
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