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maundering

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English

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Pronunciation

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

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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[1]:
      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

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maundering

  1. present participle and gerund of maunder
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