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maundering

UK/ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ//ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/

maundering noun: a rambling or pointless discourse. Also the present participle and gerund of maunder.

Noun

maundering (plural maunderings)

  1. A rambling or pointless discourse.
    • "But this is madness!" protested Trocero. "The maunderings of a heretical priest, the mumblings of a mad witch-woman."1935-36, Robert E. Howard, The Hour of the Dragon, chapter 11
    • 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.2009 February 18, Jim Coyle, “Spoofing of premier a bad omen”, in Toronto Star

Also used as

maundering is also the present participle and gerund of maunder.

Forms of maundering

pluralmaunderings

Questions about maundering

What does maundering mean?
Maundering means a rambling or pointless discourse.
What part of speech is maundering?
Maundering is a noun.
How do you pronounce maundering?
Maundering is pronounced /ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/ (UK).
What is the plural of maundering?
The plural of maundering is maunderings.

Words near maundering in the dictionary

  1. Maunder minimum
  2. Maunder minimums
  3. maundered
  4. maunderer
  5. maunderers
  6. maundering
  7. maunderingly
  8. maunderings
  9. maunders
  10. maundful
  11. maundfuls

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