单词 | maunderer |
释义 | † maunderern.1 cant. Obsolete (archaic in later use). A professional 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 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. K3v I am..a maunderer vpon the pad I confesse. 1612 T. Dekker O per se O sig. L2v If they doe, the other Mawnderers or Roagues Mill them. 1674 T. Duffett Empress of Morocco ii. 23 Out-cant the Gypsie and the Maunderer. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood II. iii. v. 339 Rogue or rascal, frater, maunderer,..Irish Toyle, or other wanderer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019). maunderern.2 1. A person who murmurs; a grumbler. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > one who complains grucchildc1230 grutchera1250 groinera1382 musera1382 plainerc1400 plaintiff?a1439 fretter?1504 complainant1525 complainer1526 repiner1551 grudger1552 moaner1628 grumbler1633 querulist1647 maunderer1653 growler1753 grumbletonian1773 smellfungus1807 crib-biter1809 expostulatora1834 squinny1849 groaner1876 grouser1885 squealer1889 gruntler1893 grump1900 grouch1901 screamer1902 Moaning Minnie1934 narker1937 binder1944 1653 J. Ford Queen i. 2/1 But protestations (hearest thou this maunderer) that I was, for learning, the soundest. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Maunderer, a murmurer; a grumbler. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Maunderer, a grumbler. 2. A person who rambles when speaking; a person who talks drivel. Also: a dawdler. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > talkative person > one who talks nonsense or waffler penduguma1529 gibble-gabbler1653 maunderer1827 nonsense-talkera1832 bunkumite1864 phlyarologist1867 twitterer1895 blitherer1902 bosher1913 gobshite1946 waffler1959 1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 783 An honorary member of the right worshipful company of Maunderers. 1864 Morning Star 28 May 5 The inanities of some prosy maunderer. 1891 E. Fawcett Songs of Doubt & Dream 197 O, Brummell, bald and toothless maunderer, Juggler with shadows, driveller, harlequin Tumbling in tattered motley! 1994 Smithsonian (Nexis) Apr. 60 No censorious social critics, none of that upper-class British inhibition, a concept of time that made this habitual maunderer seem punctual, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11611n.21653 |
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