maunder

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: maun=der

CIDE DICTIONARY

maunder, v. i. [Cf. F. mendier to beg, E. mendicant.].

•  To beg.  B. Jonson. Beau. & Fl.  [1913 Webster]
•  To mutter; to mumble; to grumble; to speak indistinctly or disconnectedly; to talk incoherently.  [1913 Webster]

  "He was ever maundering by the how that he met a party of scarlet devils."  [1913 Webster]

maunder, v. t. 

 To utter in a grumbling manner; to mutter.  [1913 Webster]

maunder, n. 

 A beggar.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

maunder, v.intr.
1 talk in a dreamy or rambling manner.
2 move or act listlessly or idly.

Etymology

perh. f. obs. maunder beggar, to beg

ROGET THESAURUS

maunder

Diffuseness

VB be diffuse, run out on, descant, expatiate, enlarge, dilate, amplify, expand, inflate, launch out, branch out, rant, maunder, prose, harp upon, dwell on, insist upon, digress, ramble, battre la campagne, beat about the bush, perorate, spin a long yarn, protract, spin out, swell out, draw out, battologize.

Lamentation

VB lament, mourn, deplore, grieve, weep over, bewail, bemoan, condole with, fret, wear mourning, go into mourning, put on mourning, wear the willow, wear sackcloth and ashes, infandum renovare dolorem, give sorrow words, sigh, give a sigh, heave, fetch a sigh, waft a sigh from Indus to the pole, sigh 'like a furnace', wail, cry, weep, sob, greet, blubber, pipe, snivel, bibber, whimper, pule, pipe one's eye, drop tears, shed tears, drop a tear, shed a tear, melt into tears, burst into tears, fondre en larmes, cry oneself blind, cry one's eyes out, yammer, scream, mew, groan, moan, whine, roar, roar like a bull, bellow like a bull, cry out lustily, rend the air, frown, scowl, make a wry face, gnash one's teeth, wring one's hands, tear one's hair, beat one's breast, roll on the ground, burst with grief, complain, murmur, mutter, grumble, growl, clamor, make a fuss about, croak, grunt, maunder, deprecate, cry out before one is hurt, complain without cause.