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wilder | gilder |

As a proper noun wilder

is .

As a noun gilder is

one who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold or gilder can be (uncommon).

wilder

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To bewilder, perplex
  • * 1922 XXIV, lines 29-30
    • Now, to smother noise and light,
    Is stolen abroad the wildering night,
  • *{{quote-book, year=1913, author=Smyrnaeus Quintus, title=The Fall of Troy, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Now in their hearts those wildered Trojans said That once more they beheld Achilles' self Gigantic in his armour. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1879, author=Emma Lazarus, title=The Poems of Emma Lazarus, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=More tender, grateful than she could have dreamed, Fond hands passed pitying over brows and hair, And gentle words borne softly through the air, Calming her weary sense and wildered mind, By welcome, dear communion with her kind. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1854, author=Effie Afton, title=Eventide, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Deep and far within the ether stretched my eyes their anxious gaze, While the swelling thoughts within me grew a wild and wildered maze, Then came floating on the distance, softly to my listening ears, Low, thrilling harmonies of worlds whirling in their bright spheres. }}

    Derived terms

    * bewilder

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (wild)

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    gilder

    English

    (wikipedia gilder)

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold.

    • Etymology 2

    variant of guilder

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncommon)
  • * 1743 , A Description of Holland , page 103/H4:
    • [...] worth as much as a Dutch'' Gilder , or about 21 Pence ''English .
  • * 1959 , Alec Waugh, Love and the Caribbean , page 263:
    • On both sides they will confuse you by explaining that the Dutch gilder is the currency they prefer.
  • * 2002 , Georges de Menil, Economic Policy (ISBN 1-405-10537-2), page 556:
    • [...] i.e. the 11 'legacy' currencies replaced by the euro on 1 January 1999 (Portuguese escudo, Belgian and Luxembourg franc, French franc, Dutch gilder , Italian lira, [...]).

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