Dictionary

maundering en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/ (US)
• /ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /ˈmɑːndəɹɪŋ/ (US)

Meanings

1. A rambling or pointless discourse.
   • 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:
   • "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

Forms

maundering en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/ (US)
• /ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /ˈmɑːndəɹɪŋ/ (US)

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of maunder
   form of maunder

Relateds

maunder