wouldern.

Brit.

/ˈwʊdə/, U.S.

/ˈwʊdər/

Forms: see will v.¹ (Forms 5) and -er suffix¹.

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

Etymology: < would, past tense (often used modally) of will v.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare later well-woulder n.

Now rare.

In plural in wishers and woulders: people given to saying ‘I wish…’ and ‘I would…’; people who indulge in idle wishes and expressions of intention rather than making active efforts. Also occasionally in singular.The fuller proverb (in which the word originally rhymed with householders) is frequently quoted down to the 18th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [noun] > one who wishes

willer1443

wishers and woulders1509

wisherc1520

would-be1732

1509 J. Stanbridge Vulgaria sig. C.vi Wysshers and wolders be small housholders.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Dii^v Wishers and wolders be no good householders.

a1617 P. Baynes Lectures 140 in Comm. First & Second Chapters Colossians (1634) A man may bee a wisher and woulder with Balaam, but misse of his desires.

1623 R. Carpenter Conscionable Christian 18 The imperfect Essayes..of lazie languishing wishers and woulders.

1645 H. Hammond Of Conscience (new ed.) §73 The hypocrisy of the wisher and woulder, that could wish he were better then he is.

1870 P. Schaff Comm. Prov. xxi. 25–6 Wishers and woulders are neither good householders nor long livers.

1993 G. Hariharan Art of Dying 150 She saw, through the yellowing wetness on the paper: Wishers and woulders are never good housekeepers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	woulder
释义	wouldern. Brit. /ˈwʊdə/, U.S. /ˈwʊdər/ Forms: see will v.¹ (Forms 5) and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English would , will v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < would, past tense (often used modally) of will v.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare later well-woulder n. Now rare. In plural in wishers and woulders: people given to saying ‘I wish…’ and ‘I would…’; people who indulge in idle wishes and expressions of intention rather than making active efforts. Also occasionally in singular.The fuller proverb (in which the word originally rhymed with householders) is frequently quoted down to the 18th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > wishing > [noun] > one who wishes willer1443 wishers and woulders1509 wisherc1520 would-be1732 1509 J. Stanbridge Vulgaria sig. C.vi Wysshers and wolders be small housholders. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Dii^v Wishers and wolders be no good householders. a1617 P. Baynes Lectures 140 in Comm. First & Second Chapters Colossians (1634) A man may bee a wisher and woulder with Balaam, but misse of his desires. 1623 R. Carpenter Conscionable Christian 18 The imperfect Essayes..of lazie languishing wishers and woulders. 1645 H. Hammond Of Conscience (new ed.) §73 The hypocrisy of the wisher and woulder, that could wish he were better then he is. 1870 P. Schaff Comm. Prov. xxi. 25–6 Wishers and woulders are neither good householders nor long livers. 1993 G. Hariharan Art of Dying 150 She saw, through the yellowing wetness on the paper: Wishers and woulders are never good housekeepers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1509
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