maundering

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  1. Muttering or driveling speech; a muttering. The maunderings of discontent are like the voyce and behaviour of a swine. South, Sermons, VII. xiv.

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  • He sat continuously looking down with a green shade over his eyes even though it was twilight; and his mode of speech and delivery suggested to me the epithet “maundering,” though I was ashamed of myself for the thought with reference to such a man. —  What I Remember, Volume 2
  • All together they sounded like the maundering approach of something wicked, a beast with claws and fangs that rattled on the clapboard siding, searching for a grip. —  Winter Prey
  • After all the ranking Indians had followed Iron Horse in speeches, with long, maundering, slowly-delivered sentences, each like the other, the pipe was again produced. —  BOOTS AND SADDLES: OR LIFE IN DAKOTA WITH GENERAL CUSTER
  • Far more interesting than Monty's maundering is the comment thread. —  VDARE.com: Blog Articles
  • They will say that it is but the old ejaculation of satiety or despair, as old as human nature itself; it is a kind of maundering common to all moral dyspepsia; they have often heard it before, and they wish they may never hear it again But let them be a little less impatient. —  Is Life Worth Living?
 

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