maundering

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/, /ˈmɑːndəɹɪŋ/

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Noun

maundering (plural maunderings)

1. A rambling or pointless discourse.
   • 1935-36, Robert E. Howard, The Hour of the Dragon, chapter 11

     "But this is madness!" protested Trocero. "The maunderings of a heretical priest, the mumblings of a mad witch-woman."

   • 2009 February 18, Jim Coyle, “Spoofing of premier a bad omen”, in Toronto Star‎:

     Alas, it looked yesterday, when the Legislature returned to business, as if Premier Dalton McGuinty's peculiar maunderings and ponderings of the past several weeks risk making him just that.

Verb

maundering

1. present participle and gerund of maunder

Related terms

• maunder

Anagrams

• undreaming, unmargined