witteringn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪt(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɪdərɪŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈwɪt(ə)rɪŋ/

Forms: Also Middle English wit(e)ring, witiring, Scottish vittering, vitteryng.

Etymology: < witter v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

Scottish and northern.

Information, cognizance; modern dialect a sign, token (cf. witter n.¹ 1), a hint.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > [noun]

kithc900

avaymentc1315

learningc1386

information1390

knowledgea1398

witteringa1400

witting1417

advicec1425

hearinga1450

understanding1473

intelligence?a1475

intellectionc1475

wit1487

instructiona1535

myance1552

fact1566

aviso1589

facts and figures1727

tell1823

message1828

renseignement1841

khubber1878

dope1901

lowdown1905

info1907

poop1911

oil1915

score1938

gen1940

intel1961

scam1964

society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign

tokeningc888

fingereOE

senyeOE

markOE

showing?c1225

blossomc1230

signa1325

signifyingc1384

evidencea1393

notea1398

forbysena1400

kenninga1400

knowinga1400

showerc1400

unningc1400

signala1413

signification?a1425

demonstrancec1425

cenyc1440

likelinessc1450

ensign1474

signifure?a1475

outshowinga1500

significativea1500

witter1513

precedent1518

intimation1531

signifier1532

meith1533

monument1536

indicion?1541

likelihood1541

significator1554

manifest1561

show1561

evidency1570

token-teller1574

betokener1587

calendar1590

instance1590

testificate1590

significant1598

crisis1606

index1607

impression1613

denotementa1616

story1620

remark1624

indicium1625

denotation1633

indice1636

signum1643

indiction1653

trace1656

demonstrator1657

indication1660

notationa1661

significatory1660

indicator1666

betrayer1678

demonstration1684

smell1691

wittering1781

notaa1790

blazonry1850

sign vehicle1909

marker1919

rumble1927

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21583 Þat godd suld send hir witering [Gött. witring] sun, Quat he o þat cros wald ha don.

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. i. 411 Noe first send furþ þe rawin Till get wittering and knawlege Gif þat þe flud begouth to suage.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 342 Iames of douglas of thare cummyng..had vittering [1489 Adv. witting].

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. iv. 79 And of thair cupling wittering schew the air.

17.. Broomfield Hill viii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1884) I. ii. 394 That was to be wittering true That maiden she had gane.

1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (E.D.S.) Wittering, an hint.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Wittering, a hint, a secret report.

1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. (at cited word) I got a wittering o' 't from him.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	wittering
释义	witteringn. Brit. /ˈwɪt(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɪdərɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈwɪt(ə)rɪŋ/ Forms: Also Middle English wit(e)ring, witiring, Scottish vittering, vitteryng. Etymology: < witter v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Scottish and northern. Information, cognizance; modern dialect a sign, token (cf. witter n.¹ 1), a hint. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > [noun] kithc900 avaymentc1315 learningc1386 information1390 knowledgea1398 witteringa1400 witting1417 advicec1425 hearinga1450 understanding1473 intelligence?a1475 intellectionc1475 wit1487 instructiona1535 myance1552 fact1566 aviso1589 facts and figures1727 tell1823 message1828 renseignement1841 khubber1878 dope1901 lowdown1905 info1907 poop1911 oil1915 score1938 gen1940 intel1961 scam1964 society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign tokeningc888 fingereOE senyeOE markOE showing?c1225 blossomc1230 signa1325 signifyingc1384 evidencea1393 notea1398 forbysena1400 kenninga1400 knowinga1400 showerc1400 unningc1400 signala1413 signification?a1425 demonstrancec1425 cenyc1440 likelinessc1450 ensign1474 signifure?a1475 outshowinga1500 significativea1500 witter1513 precedent1518 intimation1531 signifier1532 meith1533 monument1536 indicion?1541 likelihood1541 significator1554 manifest1561 show1561 evidency1570 token-teller1574 betokener1587 calendar1590 instance1590 testificate1590 significant1598 crisis1606 index1607 impression1613 denotementa1616 story1620 remark1624 indicium1625 denotation1633 indice1636 signum1643 indiction1653 trace1656 demonstrator1657 indication1660 notationa1661 significatory1660 indicator1666 betrayer1678 demonstration1684 smell1691 wittering1781 notaa1790 blazonry1850 sign vehicle1909 marker1919 rumble1927 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21583 Þat godd suld send hir witering [Gött. witring] sun, Quat he o þat cros wald ha don. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. i. 411 Noe first send furþ þe rawin Till get wittering and knawlege Gif þat þe flud begouth to suage. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 342 Iames of douglas of thare cummyng..had vittering [1489 Adv. witting]. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. iv. 79 And of thair cupling wittering schew the air. 17.. Broomfield Hill viii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1884) I. ii. 394 That was to be wittering true That maiden she had gane. 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (E.D.S.) Wittering, an hint. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Wittering, a hint, a secret report. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. (at cited word) I got a wittering o' 't from him. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas ˈwittering ˈwittering adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] > waffling or rambling rambling1693 waffling1698 maundering1850 wittering1886 waffly1964 1886 [see main sense]. 1983 Listener 20 Jan. 5/2 A really wittering, patronising speech programme is a worse insult to the intelligence than the most fatuous disc jockey. extracted from witterv.² < n.a1400 as lemmas
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