† maundern.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: maund v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < maund v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

cant. Obsolete. rare.

A beggar.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar

beggara1250

bidder1362

mendinantc1395

mendivaunt1395

craver1406

thigger1424

gangrela1450

mendicant1474

mendiant1483

eremite1495

Lazarus?a1513

truandals1523

bellyterc1540

clapperdudgeon1567

beggar-man1608

maunder1609

maunderer1611

Abraham cove1612

eleemosynary1643

mumpera1652

jockey1685

progger1685

asker1708

thigster1710

prog1828

shooler1830

cadger1851

panhandler1893

Weary Willie1896

schlepper1901

plinger1904

peg-legger1915

tapper1930

clochard1940

1609 W. Rowley Search for Money (1842) 40 The Divill (like a brave maunder) was rid a begging himselfe and wanted Money.

1610 S. Rid Martin Mark-all sig. G4 To write of his knaueries, it would aske a long time: I referre you to the old manuscript, remayning on record in maunders hall.

1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. E1^v The great Commander of the Maunders, and King of Canters.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 100 A Craver my Father, a Maunder my Mother.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned I. ii. 12 Hark ye, my maunders, if ye dare beg, borrow, or steal a single croker [etc.].

1851 Gloss. Gloucestershire Maunder, a beggar.

1881 ‘M. Twain’ Prince & Pauper 211 He enquired how many persons the gang numbered..‘Five and twenty sturdy budges, bulks, files, clapper-dogeons, and maunders’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

maundern.²

Brit.

/ˈmɔːndə/, U.S.

/ˈmɔndər/,

/ˈmɑndər/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: maunder v.²

Etymology: < maunder v.²

Now rare.

Idle, incoherent, or rambling talk or writing; an instance of this.

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

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [noun] > disconnectedness > disconnected writing or discourse

riot1340

scrabblementa1603

cockalane1627

ramble1694

maunder1835

maundering1853

1835 Chambers's Jrnl. 13 June 156 If she exalt her voice, then she breaks aff her maunder and commences a yove.

1880 Sat. Rev. 20 Nov. 656 Beatrice Melton's Discipline is not so much a story as a maunder without beginning or end.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Mar. 3/2 The discussion that followed was little better than amiable maunder.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† maunderv.¹

Forms: 1600s mander, 1600s maunder, 1600s mawnder.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: maund v.¹, -er suffix⁵; maunder n.¹

Etymology: Either < maund v.¹ + -er suffix⁵, or < maunder n.¹

cant. Obsolete.

intransitive. To beg.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > beg or be beggar [verb (intransitive)]

thigc1300

begc1384

crave1393

to go a-begged1393

prowl1530

to go (or have been) a begging1535

maund?1536

to bear the wallet1546

cant1567

prog1579

to turn to bag and wallet1582

skelder1602

maunder1611

strike1618

emendicate1623

mendicate1623

to go a-gooding1646

mump1685

shool1736

cadge1819

to stand pad1841

stag1860

bum1870

schnorr1875

panhandle1894

pling1915

stem1924

nickel-and-dime1942

1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. K3^v I instructed him in the rudements of roguery..so that now he can maunder better then my selfe.

1621 J. Fletcher et al. Trag. of Thierry & Theodoret v. i. sig. I4 Beg, beg, and keepe Constables waking,..mander for butter milke.

a1683 H. Bold Songs & Poems (1685) 4 I never was wont to beg (good Sir)..: Oh I am none of those, A Roguing goes, And Maundring shew their Drunken-Blows.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

maunderv.²

Brit.

/ˈmɔːndə/, U.S.

/ˈmɔndər/,

/ˈmɑndər/

Forms: 1600s mander, 1600s– maunder; English regional 1800s monedur, 1800s– maander, 1800s– maandther, 1800s– mander, 1800s– marnder, 1800s– maundher, 1800s– meander, 1800s– mêander, 1800s– moander; Scottish 1700s– mauner, 1800s– maunder, 1800s– maunner; Irish English (northern) 1800s– maunder.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps the same word as maunder v.¹; or perhaps imitative. With senses 2 and 3 compare daunder , variant of dander v.; with sense 2 compare later meander v. 4. Compare slightly earlier maundering n.Recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. in widespread locations in England.

1. intransitive. To grumble, mutter, moan. Now regional.Very common in the 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]

murkeOE

misspeakOE

yomer971

chidea1000

murkenOE

grutch?c1225

mean?a1300

hum13..

plainta1325

gruntc1325

plainc1325

musea1382

murmurc1390

complain1393

contrary1393

flitec1400

pinea1425

grummec1430

aggrudge1440

hoinec1440

mutterc1450

grudge1461

channerc1480

grunch1487

repine1529

storm?1553

expostulate1561

grumblea1586

gruntle1591

chunter1599

swagger1599

maunder1622

orp1634

objurgate1642

pitter1672

yelp1706

yammer1794

natter1804

murgeon1808

groan1816

squawk1875

jower1879

grouse1887

beef1888

to whip the cat1892

holler1904

yip1907

peeve1912

grouch1916

nark1916

to sound off1918

create1919

moana1922

crib1925

tick1925

bitch1930

gripe1932

bind1942

drip1942

kvetchc1950

to rag on1979

wrinch2011

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 253 When I heard them thus mutter and maunder against him, I came vnto them.

1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) iii. iii. ii. 476 At home, abroad, hee is the same, still enquiring, mandring, gazing, listning, affrighted with euery small obiect.

a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) iv. 55 She began to mander and murmur.

a1708 W. Beveridge Private Thoughts Relig. (1709) 267 Not repining at their Masters lawful Commands, not muttering and maundering against them.

1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 28 Apr. (1948) I. 256 I hate to buy for her: I'm sure she'll maunder.

1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid II. 354 The Door was open'd: he maunder'd; but Julia was before hand with him. She said [etc.].

1793 T. Scott Poems 358 Slawly climbs a brae Whare nae tell-tale echo mauners, Ance to mock him when sae wae.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 125 What are ye maundering and greeting for?

1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. iv. i. 181 Let halting worldlings..Maunder against earth's ties, yet clutch them still.

1865 I. Banks God's Providence House II. iii. 79 You maunder about a shock which has made you not yourself!

1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 81/2 Mêander, to murmur, complainingly. Also, to whine.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 218/2 Maunder, grumble.

a. intransitive. To move or act in a dreamy, idle, or purposeless manner; to dawdle. Frequently with along, away, over. Cf. dander v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > be listless or lethargic [verb (intransitive)]

slumberc1380

dream1548

vegetate1740

moon1763

stagnate1774

maunder1775

Dianize1834

veg1979

1775 ‘T. Bobbin’ Misc. Wks. 51 I maundert up on deawn hereobeawt ogen, oth' seme sleeveless arnt.

1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. i. 27 I lost me sel on thor plaguy Fels, an I been maunderin twoa heaal Neets an twoa Days.

1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning I. ii. vi. 322 A day-dreamer, who had wasted away his life in dawdling and maundering over Simple Poetry.

1887 A. Jessopp Arcady vii. 218 He came maundering after Miss Tasker thirty years ago.

1890 H. Frederic Lawton Girl 56 She..maundered along wearily through such tasks of the day as forced themselves upon her.

1903 Everybody's Mag. 9 128 The first thing you discover, as you maunder through the hall, Is a curious little clock upon a bracket on the wall.

1968 S. J. Perelman Let. 14 May in Don't tread on Me (1987) 242 I maundered into weedy tombs and necropolises, stabbing weakly at the earth in the hope of uncovering a Bronze Age jawbone.

1986 Times 14 Apr. 23/1 He maunders through the Bank, compiling his data and composing his thoughts for the next Bulletin.

b. transitive. To fritter away (one's time, life, etc.). rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > fail to take use or advantage of

leese?c1225

losea1340

missa1628

waste1836

maunder1846

1846 C. G. F. Gore Men of Capital I. vii. 150 When I asked you what had induced so great a crowd-seeker as yourself to maunder away so large a portion of the season in the country, [etc.].

1867 S. Wilberforce Speeches on Missions (1874) 61 To take things as they are, and not to maunder away our lives and our sympathies.

a. intransitive. To talk in a dreamy, rambling, or incoherent manner; to ramble or wander in one's talk. Frequently with away, on. Cf. dander v. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > talk idly [verb (intransitive)]

chattera1250

drivelc1390

clatter1401

chatc1440

smattera1450

pratec1460

blaver1461

babble?1504

blether1524

boblec1530

trattlea1555

tittle-tattle1556

fable1579

tinkle1638

whiffle1706

slaver1730

doitera1790

jaunder1808

haver1816

maunder1816

blather1825

yatter1825

blat1846

bibble-babble1888

flap-doodle1893

twiddle1893

spiel1894

rot1896

blither1903

to run off at the mouth1908

drool1923

twiddle-twaddle1925

crap1940

natter1942

yack1950

yacker1961

yacket1969

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vii. 186 ‘But I submit—Heaven's will be done.’ Thus continued the Antiquary to maunder.

1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie III. xxxiii. 286 Brother, ye're maunnering..I wish ye would be still and compose yoursel.

1860 W. Collins Woman in White 121 While he was maundering on in this way I was..returning to my senses.

1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi iii. 68 We might maunder away about intellect.

1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 100 He was maunderen on aboot what he was worth.

a1948 D. Welch Last Sheaf (1951) 199 What I find so strange is the way forbidding-looking hearties..melt and maunder over their flea-ridden pets.

1988 Paragraph 11 196 Leftists maunder on about police ‘mistakes’, abortion, ecology, racism.

b. transitive. To say in a dreamy, rambling, or incoherent manner. Also with away, out. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > ramble or waffle

blether1524

spout1556

ramble1616

extravage1759

maunder1834

mumble-jumble1834

moider1839

gander1858

mither1860

burble1891

flap-doodle1893

waffle1900

bumble1911

wibble1994

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > utter in foolish matter [verb (transitive)]

trattlea1425

babblec1450

pratea1475

drivel1752

twaddle1826

maunder1834

bibble-babble1888

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. iv. 11/1 Mumbling and maundering the merest commonplaces.

1860 All Year Round 22 Sept. 569 Signor Tagliafico's double maunders out good Tory port wine sentiments.

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. vi. 112 The help..was maundering away some..sentimental ditty.

1907 E. M. Forster Longest Journey xxx. 302 For those..who crawl home by the railings and maunder repentance in the morning, he had a biting contempt.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

n.¹1609

n.²1835

v.¹1611

v.²1622

单词	maunder
释义	† maundern.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: maund v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < maund v.¹ + -er suffix¹. cant. Obsolete. rare. A beggar. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > [noun] > beggar beggara1250 bidder1362 mendinantc1395 mendivaunt1395 craver1406 thigger1424 gangrela1450 mendicant1474 mendiant1483 eremite1495 Lazarus?a1513 truandals1523 bellyterc1540 clapperdudgeon1567 beggar-man1608 maunder1609 maunderer1611 Abraham cove1612 eleemosynary1643 mumpera1652 jockey1685 progger1685 asker1708 thigster1710 prog1828 shooler1830 cadger1851 panhandler1893 Weary Willie1896 schlepper1901 plinger1904 peg-legger1915 tapper1930 clochard1940 1609 W. Rowley Search for Money (1842) 40 The Divill (like a brave maunder) was rid a begging himselfe and wanted Money. 1610 S. Rid Martin Mark-all sig. G4 To write of his knaueries, it would aske a long time: I referre you to the old manuscript, remayning on record in maunders hall. 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. E1^v The great Commander of the Maunders, and King of Canters. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 100 A Craver my Father, a Maunder my Mother. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned I. ii. 12 Hark ye, my maunders, if ye dare beg, borrow, or steal a single croker [etc.]. 1851 Gloss. Gloucestershire Maunder, a beggar. 1881 ‘M. Twain’ Prince & Pauper 211 He enquired how many persons the gang numbered..‘Five and twenty sturdy budges, bulks, files, clapper-dogeons, and maunders’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online September 2018). maundern.² Brit. /ˈmɔːndə/, U.S. /ˈmɔndər/, /ˈmɑndər/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: maunder v.² Etymology: < maunder v.² Now rare. Idle, incoherent, or rambling talk or writing; an instance of this. 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 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [noun] > disconnectedness > disconnected writing or discourse riot1340 scrabblementa1603 cockalane1627 ramble1694 maunder1835 maundering1853 1835 Chambers's Jrnl. 13 June 156 If she exalt her voice, then she breaks aff her maunder and commences a yove. 1880 Sat. Rev. 20 Nov. 656 Beatrice Melton's Discipline is not so much a story as a maunder without beginning or end. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Mar. 3/2 The discussion that followed was little better than amiable maunder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † maunderv.¹ Forms: 1600s mander, 1600s maunder, 1600s mawnder. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: maund v.¹, -er suffix⁵; maunder n.¹ Etymology: Either < maund v.¹ + -er suffix⁵, or < maunder n.¹ cant. Obsolete. intransitive. To beg. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > mendicancy > beg or be beggar [verb (intransitive)] thigc1300 begc1384 crave1393 to go a-begged1393 prowl1530 to go (or have been) a begging1535 maund?1536 to bear the wallet1546 cant1567 prog1579 to turn to bag and wallet1582 skelder1602 maunder1611 strike1618 emendicate1623 mendicate1623 to go a-gooding1646 mump1685 shool1736 cadge1819 to stand pad1841 stag1860 bum1870 schnorr1875 panhandle1894 pling1915 stem1924 nickel-and-dime1942 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. K3^v I instructed him in the rudements of roguery..so that now he can maunder better then my selfe. 1621 J. Fletcher et al. Trag. of Thierry & Theodoret v. i. sig. I4 Beg, beg, and keepe Constables waking,..mander for butter milke. a1683 H. Bold Songs & Poems (1685) 4 I never was wont to beg (good Sir)..: Oh I am none of those, A Roguing goes, And Maundring shew their Drunken-Blows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). maunderv.² Brit. /ˈmɔːndə/, U.S. /ˈmɔndər/, /ˈmɑndər/ Forms: 1600s mander, 1600s– maunder; English regional 1800s monedur, 1800s– maander, 1800s– maandther, 1800s– mander, 1800s– marnder, 1800s– maundher, 1800s– meander, 1800s– mêander, 1800s– moander; Scottish 1700s– mauner, 1800s– maunder, 1800s– maunner; Irish English (northern) 1800s– maunder. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps the same word as maunder v.¹; or perhaps imitative. With senses 2 and 3 compare daunder , variant of dander v.; with sense 2 compare later meander v. 4. Compare slightly earlier maundering n.Recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v. in widespread locations in England. 1. intransitive. To grumble, mutter, moan. Now regional.Very common in the 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] murkeOE misspeakOE yomer971 chidea1000 murkenOE grutch?c1225 mean?a1300 hum13.. plainta1325 gruntc1325 plainc1325 musea1382 murmurc1390 complain1393 contrary1393 flitec1400 pinea1425 grummec1430 aggrudge1440 hoinec1440 mutterc1450 grudge1461 channerc1480 grunch1487 repine1529 storm?1553 expostulate1561 grumblea1586 gruntle1591 chunter1599 swagger1599 maunder1622 orp1634 objurgate1642 pitter1672 yelp1706 yammer1794 natter1804 murgeon1808 groan1816 squawk1875 jower1879 grouse1887 beef1888 to whip the cat1892 holler1904 yip1907 peeve1912 grouch1916 nark1916 to sound off1918 create1919 moana1922 crib1925 tick1925 bitch1930 gripe1932 bind1942 drip1942 kvetchc1950 to rag on1979 wrinch2011 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 253 When I heard them thus mutter and maunder against him, I came vnto them. 1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) iii. iii. ii. 476 At home, abroad, hee is the same, still enquiring, mandring, gazing, listning, affrighted with euery small obiect. a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) iv. 55 She began to mander and murmur. a1708 W. Beveridge Private Thoughts Relig. (1709) 267 Not repining at their Masters lawful Commands, not muttering and maundering against them. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 28 Apr. (1948) I. 256 I hate to buy for her: I'm sure she'll maunder. 1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid II. 354 The Door was open'd: he maunder'd; but Julia was before hand with him. She said [etc.]. 1793 T. Scott Poems 358 Slawly climbs a brae Whare nae tell-tale echo mauners, Ance to mock him when sae wae. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 125 What are ye maundering and greeting for? 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. iv. i. 181 Let halting worldlings..Maunder against earth's ties, yet clutch them still. 1865 I. Banks God's Providence House II. iii. 79 You maunder about a shock which has made you not yourself! 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 81/2 Mêander, to murmur, complainingly. Also, to whine. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 218/2 Maunder, grumble. 2. a. intransitive. To move or act in a dreamy, idle, or purposeless manner; to dawdle. Frequently with along, away, over. Cf. dander v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > be listless or lethargic [verb (intransitive)] slumberc1380 dream1548 vegetate1740 moon1763 stagnate1774 maunder1775 Dianize1834 veg1979 1775 ‘T. Bobbin’ Misc. Wks. 51 I maundert up on deawn hereobeawt ogen, oth' seme sleeveless arnt. 1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. i. 27 I lost me sel on thor plaguy Fels, an I been maunderin twoa heaal Neets an twoa Days. 1841 E. Bulwer-Lytton Night & Morning I. ii. vi. 322 A day-dreamer, who had wasted away his life in dawdling and maundering over Simple Poetry. 1887 A. Jessopp Arcady vii. 218 He came maundering after Miss Tasker thirty years ago. 1890 H. Frederic Lawton Girl 56 She..maundered along wearily through such tasks of the day as forced themselves upon her. 1903 Everybody's Mag. 9 128 The first thing you discover, as you maunder through the hall, Is a curious little clock upon a bracket on the wall. 1968 S. J. Perelman Let. 14 May in Don't tread on Me (1987) 242 I maundered into weedy tombs and necropolises, stabbing weakly at the earth in the hope of uncovering a Bronze Age jawbone. 1986 Times 14 Apr. 23/1 He maunders through the Bank, compiling his data and composing his thoughts for the next Bulletin. b. transitive. To fritter away (one's time, life, etc.). rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > fail to take use or advantage of leese?c1225 losea1340 missa1628 waste1836 maunder1846 1846 C. G. F. Gore Men of Capital I. vii. 150 When I asked you what had induced so great a crowd-seeker as yourself to maunder away so large a portion of the season in the country, [etc.]. 1867 S. Wilberforce Speeches on Missions (1874) 61 To take things as they are, and not to maunder away our lives and our sympathies. 3. a. intransitive. To talk in a dreamy, rambling, or incoherent manner; to ramble or wander in one's talk. Frequently with away, on. Cf. dander v. 2a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > talk idly [verb (intransitive)] chattera1250 drivelc1390 clatter1401 chatc1440 smattera1450 pratec1460 blaver1461 babble?1504 blether1524 boblec1530 trattlea1555 tittle-tattle1556 fable1579 tinkle1638 whiffle1706 slaver1730 doitera1790 jaunder1808 haver1816 maunder1816 blather1825 yatter1825 blat1846 bibble-babble1888 flap-doodle1893 twiddle1893 spiel1894 rot1896 blither1903 to run off at the mouth1908 drool1923 twiddle-twaddle1925 crap1940 natter1942 yack1950 yacker1961 yacket1969 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. vii. 186 ‘But I submit—Heaven's will be done.’ Thus continued the Antiquary to maunder. 1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie III. xxxiii. 286 Brother, ye're maunnering..I wish ye would be still and compose yoursel. 1860 W. Collins Woman in White 121 While he was maundering on in this way I was..returning to my senses. 1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi iii. 68 We might maunder away about intellect. 1898 B. Kirkby Lakeland Words 100 He was maunderen on aboot what he was worth. a1948 D. Welch Last Sheaf (1951) 199 What I find so strange is the way forbidding-looking hearties..melt and maunder over their flea-ridden pets. 1988 Paragraph 11 196 Leftists maunder on about police ‘mistakes’, abortion, ecology, racism. b. transitive. To say in a dreamy, rambling, or incoherent manner. Also with away, out. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > ramble or waffle blether1524 spout1556 ramble1616 extravage1759 maunder1834 mumble-jumble1834 moider1839 gander1858 mither1860 burble1891 flap-doodle1893 waffle1900 bumble1911 wibble1994 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > utter in foolish matter [verb (transitive)] trattlea1425 babblec1450 pratea1475 drivel1752 twaddle1826 maunder1834 bibble-babble1888 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. iv. 11/1 Mumbling and maundering the merest commonplaces. 1860 All Year Round 22 Sept. 569 Signor Tagliafico's double maunders out good Tory port wine sentiments. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. vi. 112 The help..was maundering away some..sentimental ditty. 1907 E. M. Forster Longest Journey xxx. 302 For those..who crawl home by the railings and maunder repentance in the morning, he had a biting contempt. 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