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Maunder vs Maunded - What's the difference?

maunder | maunded |

As verbs the difference between maunder and maunded

is that maunder is to speak in a disorganized or desultory manner; to babble or prattle while maunded is (maund).

As a noun maunder

is (obsolete) a beggar.

maunder

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To speak in a disorganized or desultory manner; to babble or prattle.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • He was ever maundering by the how that he met a party of scarlet devils.
  • * 1834 , , v. 3, ch. V:
    • "Not so fast, Lady Cecilia; not yet;" and now Louisa went on with a medical maundering . "As to low spirits, my dear Cecilia, I must say I agree with Sir Sib Pennyfeather, who tells me it is not mere common low spirits "
  • * 1871 , , ch. IV:
    • On the following day my friend's exhaustion had become so great that I began to fear his intelligence altogether broken up. But toward evening he briefly rallied, to maunder about many things, confounding in a sinister jumble the memories of the past weeks and those of bygone years.
  • * 1889 , , ch. XVII:
    • "What are you maundering about? He's going out from here a free man and whole—he's not going to die."
  • * '>citation
  • To wander or walk aimlessly.

    • Synonyms

    * (speak in a disorganized manner): babble, prattle, ramble * (to walk aimlessly): ramble, wander

    Related terms

    * maunderer * maundering

    References

    * 1827 , : *: 2. To wander about in a thoughtful manner; to talk confusedly; [perhaps from the Gael. mandagh'', a stutterer.] A northern word. It is written both ''maunder'' and ''mander .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A beggar.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    maunded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (maund)

    • maund

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) maunde, mande, from (etyl) mand, . Cognate with Dutch mand, (etyl) mande, archaic German Mande, later influenced by (etyl) and (etyl) mande (< (etyl)). Related to (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wicker basket.
  • A unit of capacity with various specific local values.

    • Etymology 2

    (wikipedia maund) Anglicised pronunciation of a word in many southern and western Asian languages. The -d probably from assimilation with Etymology 1 above, or from comparison with pound. : Original root is unclear, but may be (etyl) , "to measure". :: Possibly cognate with (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * mun * man

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A unit of weight in southern and western Asia, whose value varied widely by location. Two maunds made one chest of opium in East India. One maund equalled 136 pounds of opium in Turkey.
  • * 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘In Flood Time’, In Black and White , Folio Society 2005, p. 410:
    • Now the rail has come, and the fire-carriage says buz-buz-buz'', and a hundred lakhs of ''maunds slide across that big bridge.
    Usage notes
    This spelling (maund ) is usually used for the unit in British India, equal to 25 pounds avoirdupois at Madras, 28 pounds avoirdupois at Bombay and 10 troy pounds at Calcutta. For the equivalent unit in the and in Persian- and Arabic-speaking countries, it is more usual to use the spelling mun'' or ''man (italicised to show that the word has not been assimilated into English).

    Etymology 3

    Unclear, but possibly from (etyl) mendier or , "to beg". Compare (etyl) mang, "to beg".

    Noun

    (-)
  • (archaic) begging

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (archaic) to beg
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • (obsolete) To mutter; to mumble or speak incoherently; to maunder.

    • Anagrams

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