单词 | blunder |
释义 | blundern.ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > [noun] winOE torpelness?c1225 disturbance1297 workc1325 disturblingc1330 farec1330 frapec1330 disturbing1340 troublingc1340 blunderc1375 unresta1382 hurling1387 perturbationc1400 turbationc1400 rumblec1405 roara1413 rumourc1425 sturblance1435 troublec1435 stroublance1439 hurlc1440 hurly-burlyc1440 ruffling1440 stourc1440 rumblingc1450 sturbancec1450 unquietness?c1450 conturbationc1470 ruption1483 stir1487 wanrufe?a1505 rangat?a1513 business1514 turmoil1526 blommera1529 blunderinga1529 disturbation1529 bruyllie1535 garboil1543 bruslery1546 agitation1547 frayment1549 turmoiling1550 whirl1552 confusion1555 troublesomeness1561 rule1567 rummage1575 rabble1579 tumult1580 hurlement1585 rabblement1590 disturb1595 welter1596 coil1599 hurly1600 hurry1600 commotion1616 remotion1622 obturbation1623 stirrance1623 tumultuation1631 commoving1647 roiling1647 spudder1650 suffle1650 dissettlement1654 perturbancy1654 fermentationa1661 dissettledness1664 ferment1672 roil1690 hurry-scurry1753 vortex1761 rumpus1768 widdle1789 gilravagea1796 potheration1797 moil1824 festerment1833 burly1835 fidge1886 static1923 comess1944 frammis1946 bassa-bassa1956 c1375 ? J. Barbour St. Theodera 542 Þat wald bring me in sik blondyre. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 18 Oft boþe blysse & blunder Ful skete hatȝ skyfted. c1440 York Myst. xxxiii. 94 With his blure he bredis mekill blondre. c1450 Poem against Friars in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 322 Amonges men of holy chirch, thai maken mochel blonder. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. iii. 42 I shall make þe still as stone, Begynnar of blunder! 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxxi. f. 270 Hoste that is out of araye and in a blounder scatered. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. x. xlii. 383 He heard a confused crie and blunder [L. clamorem] in the citie. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. x. xlii. 1124 The bruite was also blowne to Rome, and blunder there was of the death of Eumenes. 1774 O. Goldsmith Retaliation 21 Then, with chaos and blunders encircling my head, Let me ponder. 2. A gross mistake; an error due to stupidity or carelessness.The words of Talleyrand as to the murder of the Duc d'Enghien—‘ces paroles stoïquement politiques, “C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute”’ (Lucien Bonaparte Mem. an. 1804 (1882) I. 432) have been englished, ‘It is worse than a crime, it is a blunder,’ and are often quoted or alluded to. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] > serious error, blunder blunder1706 blunderbuss1726 floor1841 bull1846 howler1872 atrocity1878 break1884 bloomer1889 boner1912 bish1937 black1939 blue1941 cock-up1946 piss-up1950 screw-up1950 blob1952 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Blunder, a mistake, fault, or oversight. 1711 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 209 The twenty pounds I lend you is not to be included; so make no blunder. 1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil i. v. 70 Another Mistake, not to call it a Blunder. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 239 The numerous crimes and blunders of the last eighteen years. a1862 H. T. Buckle Misc. Wks. (1872) I. 25 Ingratitude aggravated by cruelty must..be a blunder as well as a crime. 1865 Ld. Derby in Parl. 3 May If the Confederate authorities had directly or indirectly sanctioned this assassination..it would be on their part worse than a crime, it would be a blunder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). blunderv. I. To confuse, confound. a. transitive. To mix up or mingle confusedly; to confuse, disturb; to make (water) turbid. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > confuse or disorder [verb (transitive)] > mix up in confusion broil1401 blunderc1440 jumble1542 mingle1548 tumble1562 mumble1588 pell-mell1606 fubble1611 the world > matter > liquid > [verb (transitive)] > stir up or render turbid stirc1000 blend1384 trouble1579 puddle1593 mud1594 muddy1617 drummle1635 blunder1655 muddy1669 muddle1676 inturbidate1684 to shake up1753 c1440 York Myst. xvi. 4 Blonderand þer blastis, to blaw when I bidde. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 458/2 I blonder, Je perturbe..Who hat blondred these thynges on this facyon? 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie To Innes of Court, sig. Av The whole..frame of this earth seemeth blundered and confounded with the innumerable Catalogues of Interpreters. 1655 R. Baker et al. tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 75 I blunder the water of all Rivers I cross. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > mental wandering > confuse, bewilder [verb (transitive)] bewhapec1320 mara1350 blunder?a1400 mada1425 to turn a person's brainc1440 astonish1530 maskc1540 dare1547 bemud1599 bedazea1605 dizzy1604 bemist1609 muddify1647 lose1649 bafflea1657 bewildera1680 bother?1718 bemuse1734 muddlea1748 flurrya1757 muzz1786 muzzle1796 flusker1841 haze1858 bemuddle1862 jitter1932 giggle- ?a1400 Morte Arth. 3976 ‘Blyve,’ sais thies bolde mene ‘Thow blondirs þi selfene.’ 1740 Ditton On Resurrect. 63 (R.) So as by any means whatsoever to blunder an adversary. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] mareOE shendOE hinderc1000 amarOE awemc1275 noyc1300 touchc1300 bleche1340 blemisha1375 spill1377 misdoa1387 grieve1390 damagea1400 despoil?a1400 matea1400 snapea1400 mankc1400 overthrowa1425 tamec1430 undermine1430 blunder1440 depaira1460 adommage?1473 endamage1477 prejudicec1487 fulyie1488 martyra1500 dyscrase?1504 corrupt1526 mangle1534 danger1538 destroy1542 spoil1563 ruinate1564 ruin1567 wrake1570 injury1579 bane1587 massacre1589 ravish1594 wrong1595 rifle1604 tainta1616 mutilea1618 to do violence toa1625 flaw1665 stun1676 quail1682 maul1694 moil1698 damnify1712 margullie1721 maul1782 buga1790 mux1806 queer1818 batter1840 puckeroo1840 rim-rack1841 pretty1868 garbage1899 savage1899 to do in1905 strafe1915 mash1924 blow1943 nuke1967 mung1969 1440 J. Shirley Cron. Dethe James Stewarde (1818) 15 The lokes ver so blundrid, that thay nethir couth ne myght shut hit [a door]. 2. To confound (in one's mind) stupidly. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > fail to distinguish or confuse [verb (transitive)] confound1581 muddy1604 blunder1676 blend1780 to mix upa1806 muddle1836 confuse1862 1676 E. Stillingfleet Def. Disc. Idolatry i. ii. 320 He blunders and confounds all these together. 1842 S. R. Maitland Remarks 9 That ingenious writer also blunders him with Arnold of Brescia. II. To move, act, or perform, blindly or stupidly. 3. a. intransitive. To move blindly or stupidly; to flounder, stumble. Often with on; also to blunder one's way along; and in senses partaking of 7, as to blunder into, blunder against. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > blindly or stupidly blunderc1386 bumble1807 c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 861 Bayard the blynde, That blundreth [v.r. blondreth] forth, and peril casteth noon. 1520 R. Whittington Uulgaria sig. A.iijv Wandre bloundrynge as a blynde man. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite i, in Fables 17 The Sot..blunders on, and staggers ev'ry Pace. 1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide i. i. 8 To see them blund'ring by my Side. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 79 We had blundered into the carriage-entrance. 1869 F. Parkman Discov. Great West v. 55 A large fish..blundered against Marquette's canoe. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xii. 175 They..blundered on hopelessly through the unknown..country. 1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan II. 143 The horses had to blunder their way along a bright, rushing river. b. figurative. To flounder, stumble. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > do something unskilfully [verb (intransitive)] > blunder, stumble, or flounder stumblec1394 bumble1533 blunder1641 flounder1684 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 38 Blundring upon the dangerous, and suspectfull translations of the Apostat Aquila. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame v, in Wks. (1757) I. 132 Puzzled learning blunders far behind. 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 186 He, who now to sense, now nonsense leaning, Means not, but blunders round about a meaning. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xxvii. 14 He had somehow blundered into debt. 1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 38 A tempest is blundering round the house. c. to blunder upon: to come upon by a blunder or ‘fluke’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > find or discover by chance find1340 to fall with ——?c1475 to fall on ——1533 stumble1555 to come on ——1584 to come upon ——1622 fortune1662 to blunder upon1710 to come across ——1738 1710 H. Bedford Vindic. Church of Eng. 78 Our Discoverer has..happen'd to blunder upon the truth. 1798 J. Wolcot Tales of Hoy in Wks. (1812) IV. 418 Who never so much as blundered on a bon-mot. d. transitive. to blunder out: to produce by mere blundering or blind action. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > produce by blundering to blunder out1678 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 679 The Things of the World..not..made by the Previous Counsel, Contrivance, and Intention of any Understanding Deity..Blunder'd out themselves, one after another, according to the Train or Sequel of the Fortuitous Motions of Matter. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > do something unskilfully [verb (intransitive)] > act blindly and stupidly blunderc1386 c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 117 We blondren [v.r. blondern, bloundren, blundren, blundere] euere, and pouren in the fuyr. 1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy v. xli, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 157 These Phylosophers..Medlyth and blondryth wyth many a thyng. 5. transitive. To utter thoughtlessly, stupidly, or by a blunder, to blurt out. Usually with out. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > without restraint, openly, or recklessly clatterc1325 to say outc1384 parbreak1402 blunder1483 blab1535 overshoot1549 spita1616 spawn1631 1483 Cath. Angl. 35 To Blundir, [A. blundyr, blandior]. 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 270/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II The same began to be blundered from one to another of the traine. 1587 Censure loy. Subiect (Collier) 28 He blundered forth his prognostication. 1709 J. Swift Mrs. Harris's Petition in Baucis & Philemon (new ed.) 13 Before I was aware, out I blunder'd, Parson, said I. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iv. iii. 216 Sancho blundered out, ‘Then, in good faith, Mr. Licentiate,’ [etc.]. 6. reflexive (in sense of 3 or 7.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > err, blunder [verb (reflexive)] overseec1400 overshoot1514 misreckon1530 blundera1652 a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iii. 47 Herein all the Epicureans..doe miserably blunder themselves. 7. a. intransitive. To make a stupid and gross mistake in doing anything. to blunder away (trans.): to throw away, lose by blundering: cf. to fool away at fool v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > blunder [verb (intransitive)] shail1528 blunder1711 floor1835 to make a bloomer1889 pull1913 to drop a brick1916 boob1935 to put up a black1939 goof1941 to screw up1942 to drop a bollock1948 to drop a clanger1948 to cock up1974 the mind > possession > loss > lose [verb (transitive)] > in specific way sleep1565 to blunder away1801 to bargain away1866 1711 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 101 See how I blundered, and left two lines short. 1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (octavo ed.) I. ii. 36 The wretch that, after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors, continues still to blunder. 1801 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 12 588 Mr. Fox has never blundered away the interests of his country. 1856 Ld. Tennyson Charge Light Brigade (rev. ed.) ii, in Maud & Other Poems (new ed.) 162 The soldier knew Some one had blunder'd. b. transitive. To bring or cause to fall into a state by clumsy or inept behaviour; to use blunderingly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > cause by clumsy behaviour blunder1901 1901 Westm. Gaz. 27 June 4/3 They believe that Mr. Chamberlain has blundered the country into war. 1912 A. S. M. Hutchinson Happy Warrior v. x. § i. 347 He..hated to have blundered all his dullness on so rare and exquisite a thing. 8. transitive. To mismanage, make a blunder in.¶ Cockeram (1623) has ‘Blunder, to bestir ones selfe.’ ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > be unskilled in [verb (transitive)] > bungle botch1530 bungle1530 mumble1588 muddle1605 mash1642 bumble?1719 to fall through ——1726 fuck1776 blunder1805 to make a mull of1821 bitch1823 mess1823 to make a mess of1834 smudge1864 to muck up1875 boss1887 to make balls of1889 duff1890 foozle1892 bollocks1901 fluff1902 to make a muck of1903 bobble1908 to ball up1911 jazz1914 boob1915 to make a hash of1920 muff1922 flub1924 to make a hat of1925 to ass up1932 louse1934 screw1938 blow1943 to foul up1943 eff1945 balls1947 to make a hames of1947 to arse up1951 to fuck up1967 dork1969 sheg1981 bodge1984 1805 R. Wellesley et al. in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 789 They must have blundered that siege terribly. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vi. 126 The banker's clerk, who was directed to sum my cash-account, blundered it three times. 1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. xxvi. 391 Inscriptions blundered by the die engraver. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1375v.c1386 |
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