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Maunder

//ˈmɔːndə// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A beggar. obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To speak in a disorganized or desultory manner; to babble or prattle.

    "He was ever maundering by the how that he met a party of scarlet devils."

  2. 2
    speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly wordnet
  3. 3
    To wander or walk aimlessly.

    "[Deacon Mushrat to Pogo:] The Machiavellian barratry of a pettifogging public has maundered into do-nothingism."

  4. 4
    talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice wordnet
  5. 5
    To beg; to whine like a beggar. intransitive, obsolete
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  1. 6
    wander aimlessly wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From earlier maund (“to beg”).

Etymology 2

From earlier maund (“to beg”).

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