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The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is maunder
| source : web1913 |
Maunder \Maund"er\, v. t.
To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter.
| source : web1913 |
Maunder \Maund"er\, n.
A beggar. [Obs.]
| source : web1913 |
Maund \Maund\, Maunder \Maund"er\, v. i. [Cf. F. mendier to beg,
E. mendicant.]
1. To beg. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. Beau. & Fl.
2. To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or
disconnectedly; to talk incoherently.
He was ever maundering by the how that he met a
party of scarlet devils. --Sir W.
Scott.
| source : wn |
maunder
v 1: wander aimlessly
2: talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice [syn: {mumble}, {mutter},
{maffle}, {mussitate}]
3: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: {chatter}, {piffle}, {palaver}, {prate}, {tittle-tattle},
{twaddle}, {clack}, {prattle}, {gibber}, {tattle}, {blabber},
{gabble}]