moulder

Also used as

moulder is also the alternative spelling of mulder.

Examples of moulder in a sentence

• [H]is [Time's] gradual touch / Has moulder'd into beauty many a tovver, / VVhich, vvhen it frovvn'd vvith all its battlements, / VVas only terrible: […]1772, W[illiam] Mason, The English Garden: A Poem, London: […] R. Horsfield, […], and H. Dunoyer, […]; also by W. Tessyman, […], →OCLC, 1st...
• The ancient vvalls vvere ſuffered to moulder avvay, and all the revenue of the moſt opulent cities vvas referred for the conſtruction of baths, temples, and theatres.1776, Edward Gibbon, “The Emperors Decius, Gallus, Æmilianus, Valerian, and Gallienus—The General Irruption of the Barbarians—The Thirty...
• John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave, / John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave, / John Brown's body lies a mouldering in the grave, / but his soul goes marching on!c. 1861 (date written), John Brown Song!, Charlestown, Mass.: [s.n.], published [1861], →ISSN, →OCLC; reprinted in George Kimball, “Origin...
• [T]hose traceries should be replaced as they are, and left in reverence until they moulder away.1877 July 24 (date written; published 1877 July 28), John Ruskin, “Ribbesford Church”, in [Alexander Dundas Ogilvy Wedderburn], editor...

Synonyms of moulder

• mould

Forms of moulder

Origin of moulder

From mould (“loose friable soil; rotting earth regarded as the substance of the human body”) + -er (suffix forming frequentative verbs), probably influenced by mould (“furry growth of fungi”). Mould is derived from Middle English mold, molde (“loose friable soil, dirt, earth; earth as the substance out of which God made man, and to which the human body decays into after death”), from Old English molde (“earth, soil”), from Proto-Germanic *muldō (“dirt, soil; furry growth of fungi, mould”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to crush, grind”).

Partly from the following: * From Middle English molder, moldere (“maker of bread, baker”), from molden (“to knead or shape (bread); to make bread, bake; to mix (something) by kneading; to shape, mould; to pulverize (?)”) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns, especially names of people engaged in professions or trades). Molden is derived from mold, molde (“model or pattern according to which a thing is made, mould”) + -en (suffix forming the infinitives of verbs); and mold, molde are borrowed from Old French molde, a variant of modle, molle (modern French moule), from Latin modulus (“small interval or measure; etc.”), diminutive of modus (“measure; manner, method”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”). * From mould (“to shape in or on a mould; to form into a particular shape”, verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

Probably a variant of mould (“loose, friable soil”), influenced by moulder (“to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces, etc.”) (etymology 1).

Words formed from moulder

• amoulder
• foulder
• milder
• mouldered
• mouldering
• mouldery
• moulter
• mouldress

Words that rhyme with moulder

• shoulder
• boulder
• folder
• holder
• smolder
• smoulder
• stakeholder
• beholder
• colder
• older
• polder

Questions about moulder

What does moulder mean?

Moulder means often followed by away or down: to cause (something) to decay or rot, or to crumble to pieces.

How do you use moulder in a sentence?

[H]is [Time's] gradual touch / Has moulder'd into beauty many a tovver, / VVhich, vvhen it frovvn'd vvith all its battlements, / VVas only terrible: […]

What part of speech is moulder?

Moulder can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.

How do you pronounce moulder?

Moulder is pronounced /ˈməʊldə/ (UK).

What is the past tense of moulder?

The past tense of moulder is mouldered.