muddlern.

Brit.

/ˈmʌdl̩ə/,

/ˈmʌdlə/, U.S.

/ˈməd(ə)lər/

Forms: 1800s mudler (Irish English (northern)), 1800s– muddler.

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

Etymology: < muddle v. + -er suffix¹.

a. A person who creates muddles; a person who works or thinks in a muddled way.In quot. 1833 perhaps: a petty thief, a pilferer.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > confused, muddled person > [noun]

mafflardc1450

juffler15..

dromedary1567

madbrain1570

batie buma1586

addle-head1592

blunderkin1596

nit1598

addle-pate1601

hash1655

blunderbuss1692

blunderhead1692

shaffles1703

fog-pate1732

blunderer1741

puzzle-pate1761

slouch1767

étourdi1768

botch1769

puddle1782

bumble1789

scatter-brain1790

addle-brain1799

puzzle-head1815

shaffler1828

chowderhead1833

muddlehead1833

muddler1833

flounderer1836

duffer1842

muddle-pate1844

plug1848

incompetent1866

schlemiel1868

dinlo1873

drumble-dore1881

hodmandod1881

dub1887

prune1895

foozler1896

bollock1916

messer1926

Pilot Officer (also P.O.) Prune1942

spaz1965

spastic1981

1833 J. Kennedy Geordie Chalmers 150 Aul' thieves are coorse hangmen, especially muddlers o' potatoes.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Puddle, a muddler; a bungler; one who dawdles about, making believe to be at work.

1885 Liverpool Daily Post 27 Mar. 4/7 The assumption that those who are not contented to till the narrow barren fields of non-resistance are..inconsistent muddlers.

1903 Contemp. Rev. May 610 One Unionist candidate is reduced to the plea that the other side will be ‘greater muddlers’.

1977 R. Dahl Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 216 A persistent muddler. Vocabulary negligible, sentences mal-constructed.

1990 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 Mar. 29/4 She is a mad old muddler, but she has her own individual style which manifests itself strongly in everything she does.

b. muddler-through n. a person who conducts affairs without system or foresight.

ΚΠ

1907 Contemp. Rev. June 771 This enormous engine [sc. the British Navy] in the hands of the absent-minded ‘muddler-through’ may legitimately cause anxiety.

1930 New Statesman 1 Nov. 110/2 That is my complaint against the peace-lovers, the muddlers-through.

1940 Jrnl. Politics 2 181 The pseudo-practical man, the deprecator of ideals, the muddler-through, is quite literally trying to show us by argument how much virtue attaches to stupidity.

1945 G. Millar Maquis iv. 66 I am a muddler-through if ever there was one.

2. An implement for crushing, blending, and mixing ingredients for a drink.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [noun] > stick for crushing sugar

muddler1855

1855 Chicago Times 16 Jan. 4/1 Butter moulds and stamps, ladles, rolling pins, potato mashers, muddlers..wholesale and retail at Hollister's Bazaar.

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 621/2 Muddler, a churning stick for chocolate. A smaller one for mixing toddies.

1946 Harper's Mag. Dec. 480–1 (Advt. Insert) Bar Butler... Has sturdy, ice-cracking mallet, cap lifter for soda bottles and olive jars, heavy muddler and reliable ice pik.

1955 M. McCarthy Charmed Life (1965) 24 She did them..in their best glasses..putting in a silver muddler.

1971 Scope (S. Afr.) 19 Mar. 77/4 A ‘muddler’—for crushing lump sugar and mixing it with bitters or other flavourings in the bottom of a glass.

2000 Guardian 24 June (Weekend Suppl.) 59/2 Use a long spoon (if you don't have a barman's muddler) to bruise the leaves gently.

3. Angling. In full muddler minnow. A type of fly used in trout-fishing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > trout flies

trout-fly1746

wren's-tail1837

Greenwell's glory1867

skipjack1867

spent gnat1867

Greenwell1872

heckum-peckum1876

Wickham1876

Saltoun1886

muddler1924

1924 E. Hemingway Let. 6 Dec. (2013) II. 185 If you could find what corresponds to muddlers in the Irati [sc. a Spanish river] you could get trout up to any size.

1964 J. Veniard Further Guide to Fly Dressing 233/1 (heading) Muddler minnow.

1969 J. Goddard Trout Flies of Stillwater 249 The American fly known as the Muddler Minnow achieved a remarkable list of successes in this country during the latter part of the 1967 season... It was an attempt to imitate the Cockatush minnow... The nickname for these minnows in Wisconsin is ‘muddlers’.

1986 Trout Fisherman July 14/2 It took a Muddler fished on 4lb nylon, and was landed after a spectacular battle.

1995 Gazette (Montreal) 9 June e6 Mostly I cast a size six or eight Muddler to rising fish on a dry line when the surface lies down to the evening calm.

4. U.S. regional (Great Lakes). A sculpin (fish), esp. the slimy sculpin, Cottus cognatus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Cottidae (sculpins)

muddler1943

1943 S. Eddy & T. Surber Northern Fishes 230 The northern muddler commonly rest on the bottom on its enormous, fanlike pectoral fins.

1968 Wisconsin Conservation Bull. May–June 15 His knowledge of the slimy sculpin or muddler has been helpful to him.

1991 Common Names Fishes (Amer. Fisheries Soc.) 152 Muddler, see sculpins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	muddler
释义	muddlern. Brit. /ˈmʌdl̩ə/, /ˈmʌdlə/, U.S. /ˈməd(ə)lər/ Forms: 1800s mudler (Irish English (northern)), 1800s– muddler. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muddle v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < muddle v. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. A person who creates muddles; a person who works or thinks in a muddled way.In quot. 1833 perhaps: a petty thief, a pilferer. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > confused, muddled person > [noun] mafflardc1450 juffler15.. dromedary1567 madbrain1570 batie buma1586 addle-head1592 blunderkin1596 nit1598 addle-pate1601 hash1655 blunderbuss1692 blunderhead1692 shaffles1703 fog-pate1732 blunderer1741 puzzle-pate1761 slouch1767 étourdi1768 botch1769 puddle1782 bumble1789 scatter-brain1790 addle-brain1799 puzzle-head1815 shaffler1828 chowderhead1833 muddlehead1833 muddler1833 flounderer1836 duffer1842 muddle-pate1844 plug1848 incompetent1866 schlemiel1868 dinlo1873 drumble-dore1881 hodmandod1881 dub1887 prune1895 foozler1896 bollock1916 messer1926 Pilot Officer (also P.O.) Prune1942 spaz1965 spastic1981 1833 J. Kennedy Geordie Chalmers 150 Aul' thieves are coorse hangmen, especially muddlers o' potatoes. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Puddle, a muddler; a bungler; one who dawdles about, making believe to be at work. 1885 Liverpool Daily Post 27 Mar. 4/7 The assumption that those who are not contented to till the narrow barren fields of non-resistance are..inconsistent muddlers. 1903 Contemp. Rev. May 610 One Unionist candidate is reduced to the plea that the other side will be ‘greater muddlers’. 1977 R. Dahl Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 216 A persistent muddler. Vocabulary negligible, sentences mal-constructed. 1990 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 17 Mar. 29/4 She is a mad old muddler, but she has her own individual style which manifests itself strongly in everything she does. b. muddler-through n. a person who conducts affairs without system or foresight. ΚΠ 1907 Contemp. Rev. June 771 This enormous engine [sc. the British Navy] in the hands of the absent-minded ‘muddler-through’ may legitimately cause anxiety. 1930 New Statesman 1 Nov. 110/2 That is my complaint against the peace-lovers, the muddlers-through. 1940 Jrnl. Politics 2 181 The pseudo-practical man, the deprecator of ideals, the muddler-through, is quite literally trying to show us by argument how much virtue attaches to stupidity. 1945 G. Millar Maquis iv. 66 I am a muddler-through if ever there was one. 2. An implement for crushing, blending, and mixing ingredients for a drink. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > preparation of drinks > [noun] > stick for crushing sugar muddler1855 1855 Chicago Times 16 Jan. 4/1 Butter moulds and stamps, ladles, rolling pins, potato mashers, muddlers..wholesale and retail at Hollister's Bazaar. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 621/2 Muddler, a churning stick for chocolate. A smaller one for mixing toddies. 1946 Harper's Mag. Dec. 480–1 (Advt. Insert) Bar Butler... Has sturdy, ice-cracking mallet, cap lifter for soda bottles and olive jars, heavy muddler and reliable ice pik. 1955 M. McCarthy Charmed Life (1965) 24 She did them..in their best glasses..putting in a silver muddler. 1971 Scope (S. Afr.) 19 Mar. 77/4 A ‘muddler’—for crushing lump sugar and mixing it with bitters or other flavourings in the bottom of a glass. 2000 Guardian 24 June (Weekend Suppl.) 59/2 Use a long spoon (if you don't have a barman's muddler) to bruise the leaves gently. 3. Angling. In full muddler minnow. A type of fly used in trout-fishing. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > trout flies trout-fly1746 wren's-tail1837 Greenwell's glory1867 skipjack1867 spent gnat1867 Greenwell1872 heckum-peckum1876 Wickham1876 Saltoun1886 muddler1924 1924 E. Hemingway Let. 6 Dec. (2013) II. 185 If you could find what corresponds to muddlers in the Irati [sc. a Spanish river] you could get trout up to any size. 1964 J. Veniard Further Guide to Fly Dressing 233/1 (heading) Muddler minnow. 1969 J. Goddard Trout Flies of Stillwater 249 The American fly known as the Muddler Minnow achieved a remarkable list of successes in this country during the latter part of the 1967 season... It was an attempt to imitate the Cockatush minnow... The nickname for these minnows in Wisconsin is ‘muddlers’. 1986 Trout Fisherman July 14/2 It took a Muddler fished on 4lb nylon, and was landed after a spectacular battle. 1995 Gazette (Montreal) 9 June e6 Mostly I cast a size six or eight Muddler to rising fish on a dry line when the surface lies down to the evening calm. 4. U.S. regional (Great Lakes). A sculpin (fish), esp. the slimy sculpin, Cottus cognatus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Cottidae (sculpins) muddler1943 1943 S. Eddy & T. Surber Northern Fishes 230 The northern muddler commonly rest on the bottom on its enormous, fanlike pectoral fins. 1968 Wisconsin Conservation Bull. May–June 15 His knowledge of the slimy sculpin or muddler has been helpful to him. 1991 Common Names Fishes (Amer. Fisheries Soc.) 152 Muddler, see sculpins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833
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