was wotd|2006|October|24
English
Pronunciation
IPA|/�m��nd�/ italbrac|RP
IPA|/�m�nd�/ italbrac|US
audio|en-us-maunder.ogg|Audio (US)
Verb
en-verb
- To speak in a disorganized or desultory manner; to babble or prattle.
#* Don�t bring up politics around him; it will only cause him to maunder incessantly.
- To wander or walk aimlessly.
Quotations
1871 � w:Henry James|Henry James, s:A Passionate Pilgrim|A Passionate Pilgrim, 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 � w:Mark Twain|Mark Twain, s:A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court|A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, ch XVII
:"What are you maundering about? He's going out from here a free man and whole�he's not going to die."
Synonyms
italbrac|speak in a disorganized manner: babble, prattle, ramble
italbrac|to walk aimlessly: ramble, wander
Related terms
maundering
Translations
Spanish: divagar, holgazanear
te:maunder
vi:maunder
zh:maunder
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