dithern.

Etymology: < dither v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdither.

a. The action of dithering; vibration.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [noun] > trembling or quivering

trembling1303

bevering1398

brawling?a1400

tremefaction1598

trepidation1605

warbling1621

quavering1635

tremulation1651

tremblement1677

twittering1682

diddering1687

thrilling1747

quaving1825

dither1878

1878 F. S. Williams Midland Railway (ed. 4) 651 The firmness with which one has to stand on the footplate in order to resist the ‘dither’ of the engine.

1888 Engineer 24 Feb. 163/3 The range of the reciprocation of the tool..is not much more than a vibration or dither.

b. A state of tremulous excitement or apprehension; chiefly in all of a dither; also, vacillation; a state of confusion. colloquial or dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]

fever1340

motiona1398

quotidian?a1439

rufflea1535

commotion1581

fret1582

hurry1600

puddering1603

tumultuousnessa1617

trepidation1625

feverishness1638

boilingc1660

fermentationc1660

tumult1663

ferment1672

stickle1681

fuss1705

whirl1707

flurry1710

sweat1715

fluster1728

pucker1740

flutter1741

flustration1747

flutteration1753

tremor1753

swithera1768

twitteration1775

state1781

stew1806

scrow1808

tumultuating1815

flurrification1822

tew1825

purr1842

pirr1856

tête montée1859

go1866

faff1874

poultry flutter1876

palaver1878

thirl1879

razzle-dazzle1885

nervism1887

flurry-scurry1888

fikiness1889

foment1889

dither1891

swivet1892

flusterment1895

tither1896

overwroughtness1923

mania1925

stumer1932

tizzy1935

two and eight1938

snit1939

tizz1953

tiswas1960

wahala1966

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun]

yea-and-nayc1384

vacillationc1400

titteringa1413

stackeringc1440

wondingc1440

fluctuationc1450

waver1519

mammering1532

uncertainty1548

wavering1548

to and fro1553

suspense1560

staggering1565

suspension1568

mammery1578

demur1581

branle1591

dilly-dally1592

hesitance1601

irresolution1601

uncertainness1601

undecision1611

waveringness1614

hesitancy1617

unsettledness1619

hesitation1622

unresolvednessa1626

doubleness of minda1628

wavinga1628

swagging1636

poise1637

mambling1640

stickagea1647

vacillancy1668

whifflinga1677

hovering1679

unresolve1679

irresoluteness1686

shilly-shally1755

indecisiona1763

undecisiveness1779

indecisiveness1793

oscillation1798

flexility1815

shilly-shallying1842

swaying1850

Hamletism1852

teeter1855

havering1866

off and on1875

dilly-dallying1879

double-mindedness1881

hesitatingness1890

dither1958

1819 ‘P. Bobbin’ Sequel to Lancs. Dial. 6 (E.D.D.) I'm aw on o' dither, if th' wynt bo sturs a twig.

1891 C. Wordsworth Rutland Words 11 Those children keep me in the dithers, they do.

1899 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin xii. 331 The sight o' both on us..might make the poor body all of a dither if she was very ill.

1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. iii. ii. 500 They'll rehearse all right... When it comes to the night, all of a dither.

1931 E. Sackville-West Simpson iii. xvii She quickly pulled herself together, feeling that such a state of dither would not, if she showed it, illustrate her name.

1939 N. Marsh Overture to Death xxi. 243 Eleanor was thrown into a dither by finding us there together.

1957 S. Jameson Cup of Tea for Mr. Thorgill ii. 31 Always in a dither of enthusiasm and misplaced devotion—and what a bore that is!

1958 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 31 May 8/3 She came up with Stanley Baldwin and his policy of delusion and dither, which left England nearly helpless against Hitler.

1970 M. Pereira Pigeon's Blood xi. 127 Such brains are usually characterised by two things: the speed with which they can reach vital decisions; and the speed with which they can grasp how to implement such decisions. A total absence of dither, if you like.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

ditherv.

Brit.

/ˈdɪðə/, U.S.

/ˈdɪðər/

Etymology: A phonetic variation of didder v.; compare father, mother, feather, hither, gather, in which -ther represents earlier -der.

1. intransitive. Originally chiefly dialect, to tremble, quake, quiver, thrill. Now also in general colloquial use: to vacillate, to act indecisively, to waver between different opinions or courses of action.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > tremble or quiver

shiverc1250

tremble1303

lillec1400

tryllec1400

quaver?a1439

didderc1440

dadderc1450

whitherc1450

bever1470

dindle1470

brawl1489

quiver1490

quitter1513

flichter1528

warble1549

palsy1582

quoba1586

twitter1629

dither1649

verberate1652

quibble1721

dandera1724

tremulate1749

vibrate1757

dingle1787

nidge1803

tirl1825

reel1847

shudder1849

tremor1921

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)]

haltc825

flecchec1300

waverc1315

flickerc1325

wag1387

swervea1400

floghter1521

stacker1526

to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530

wave1532

stagger1533

to hang in the wind1536

to waver as, like, with the wind1548

mammer1554

sway1563

dodge1568

erch1584

suspend1585

float1598

swag1608

hoverc1620

hesitate1623

vacillate1623

fluctuate1634

demur1641

balance1656

to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674

to stand shall I, shall I1674

to go shill-I shall-I1700

to stand at shilly-shally1700

to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734

whiffle1737

dilly-dally1740

to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751

oscillate1771

shilly-shally1782

dacker1817

librate1822

humdrum1825

swing1833

(to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848

to back and fill1854

haver1866

wobble1867

shaffle1873

dicker1879

to be on the weigh-scales1886

waffle1894

to think twice1898

to teeter on the brink1902

dither1908

vagulate1918

pern1920

1649 in J. Raine Depos. Castle of York (1861) 29 He saw the said Sara Rodes..her body quakeing and dithering about halfe a quarter of an hower.

1666 tr. Horace Ode xxiii, in A. Brome et al. tr. Horace Poems i. 32 So tremulous is she, Dith'ring both in heart and knee.

1820 J. Clare Poems Rural Life (ed. 3) 47 Needy Labour dithering stands.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2)

1891 B. J. L. Adams Bonnie Kate II. iii. 85 Kate would not be there to hear it [the organ] boom, and thrill, and ‘dither’. [In most dialect glossaries as far south as Shropsh., Leicester, Northamp.]

1908 ‘I. Hay’ Right Stuff i. 6 If there is a viva-voce, be sure to speak up and give your answers as though you were sure of them... The one thing the examiners will not thole is a body that dithers.

1923 H. C. Bailey Mr. Fortune's Pract. iii. 81 All newspapers are run by madmen, but the ‘Watchman’ merely dithers.

1927 Manch. Guardian Weekly 16 Dec. 463/1 While Governments dither and talk limply of disarmament and peace large numbers of normally inarticulate citizens grow increasingly restive.

1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement vii. 359 ‘I don't know what on earth you're trying to say,’ she told him... ‘Oh, don't dither so much, silly.’

1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart ii. v. 255 The lady..was already dithering round a table of new novels.

1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway i. 27 I don't think it [sc. a tailplane] had any continuous movement—it wasn't dithering all the time.

1959 Times 14 Dec. 13/4 She was the first producer we had ever had who never dithered about which was Up Stage and which Down.

2. To confuse, perplex, make nervous (esp. in passive). Also (Australian), to make drunk.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)]

abobc1330

confusec1350

confoundc1374

cumbera1375

passc1384

maskerc1400

mopc1425

enose1430

manga1450

overmusec1460

perplex1477

maze1482

enmuse1502

ruffle?a1505

unsteady1532

entangle1540

duddle1548

intricate1548

distraught1579

distract1582

mizzle1583

moider1587

amuse1595

mist1598

bepuzzle1599

gravel1601

plunder1601

puzzle1603

intrigue1612

vexa1613

metagrobolize?a1616

befumea1618

fuddle1617

crucify1621

bumfiddlea1625

implicate1625

giddify1628

wilder1642

buzzlea1644

empuzzle1646

dunce1649

addle1652

meander1652

emberlucock1653

flounder1654

study1654

disorient1655

embarrass?1656

essome1660

embrangle1664

jumble1668

dunt1672

muse1673

clutter1685

emblustricate1693

fluster1720

disorientate1728

obfuscate1729

fickle1736

flustrate1797

unharmonize1797

mystify1806

maffle1811

boggle1835

unballast1836

stomber1841

throw1844

serpentine1850

unbalance1856

tickle1865

fog1872

bumfuzzle1878

wander1897

to put off1909

defeat1914

dither1919

befuddle1926

ungear1931

to screw up1941

1919 [see dithered adj. at Derivatives].

1932 N. Lindsay Cautious Amorist v. 70 Dithered we [w]as already by the booze we had ashore.

1936 D. G. Smith Call it a Day ii. ii. 75 It's these girls in the shops. They just dither you.

1948 V. Palmer Golconda v. 32 They have a right to know what the prospects here actually are. At present they are dithered by rumours.

1948 V. Palmer Golconda xvii. 140 I've seen him so dithered by printed words he didn't know whether it was this week or next.

Derivatives

ˈdithered adj. confused, perplexed.

ΚΠ

1919 J. Masefield Reynard the Fox 98 He's done: he's dithered.

ˈdithering n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [adjective] > trembling or quivering

tremblinga1400

aspen?c1412

quavering?a1439

didderingc1440

wavering1488

quavery1519

quiveringa1547

warbling1549

tremble1568

quiverish1582

tremefacting1599

aguisha1602

tremulous1611

twittering1648

brandishing1658

micant1661

shivery1747

shivering1762

tremulating1813

dithing1818

dithering1821

quivery1833

tremulant1837

trembly1846

thrilling1850

trepidatory1881

shuddering1893

doddery1919

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 193 How have I joy'd, with dithering hands, to find Each fading flower.

1888 R. Kipling Soldiers Three 64 Thomas in bulk can be worked up into ditthering, rippling hysteria.

1932 C. Williams Greater Trumps x. 168 She re~ordered her thoughts; this was mere dithering.

dithering-grass n. quaking grass, Briza media.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > quaking-grass

Quakers1597

quaking grass1597

shakers1597

dodder-grass1617

brant-barley1633

cow-quakes1633

pearl grass1633

maidenhair grass1640

amourette1702

Lady's hair1732

quiver grass1759

quake1812

rattlesnake grass1814

totter-grass1821

silver shacklea1824

lady's tresses1842

fairy grass1846

earthquakes1851

trembling-grass1853

dadder grass1859

dithering-grass1878

totty-grass1901

shivery grass1926

1878–86 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Dithering Grass, Briza media. Lanc.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dither
释义	dithern. Etymology: < dither v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdither. a. The action of dithering; vibration. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [noun] > trembling or quivering trembling1303 bevering1398 brawling?a1400 tremefaction1598 trepidation1605 warbling1621 quavering1635 tremulation1651 tremblement1677 twittering1682 diddering1687 thrilling1747 quaving1825 dither1878 1878 F. S. Williams Midland Railway (ed. 4) 651 The firmness with which one has to stand on the footplate in order to resist the ‘dither’ of the engine. 1888 Engineer 24 Feb. 163/3 The range of the reciprocation of the tool..is not much more than a vibration or dither. b. A state of tremulous excitement or apprehension; chiefly in all of a dither; also, vacillation; a state of confusion. colloquial or dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun] fever1340 motiona1398 quotidian?a1439 rufflea1535 commotion1581 fret1582 hurry1600 puddering1603 tumultuousnessa1617 trepidation1625 feverishness1638 boilingc1660 fermentationc1660 tumult1663 ferment1672 stickle1681 fuss1705 whirl1707 flurry1710 sweat1715 fluster1728 pucker1740 flutter1741 flustration1747 flutteration1753 tremor1753 swithera1768 twitteration1775 state1781 stew1806 scrow1808 tumultuating1815 flurrification1822 tew1825 purr1842 pirr1856 tête montée1859 go1866 faff1874 poultry flutter1876 palaver1878 thirl1879 razzle-dazzle1885 nervism1887 flurry-scurry1888 fikiness1889 foment1889 dither1891 swivet1892 flusterment1895 tither1896 overwroughtness1923 mania1925 stumer1932 tizzy1935 two and eight1938 snit1939 tizz1953 tiswas1960 wahala1966 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] yea-and-nayc1384 vacillationc1400 titteringa1413 stackeringc1440 wondingc1440 fluctuationc1450 waver1519 mammering1532 uncertainty1548 wavering1548 to and fro1553 suspense1560 staggering1565 suspension1568 mammery1578 demur1581 branle1591 dilly-dally1592 hesitance1601 irresolution1601 uncertainness1601 undecision1611 waveringness1614 hesitancy1617 unsettledness1619 hesitation1622 unresolvednessa1626 doubleness of minda1628 wavinga1628 swagging1636 poise1637 mambling1640 stickagea1647 vacillancy1668 whifflinga1677 hovering1679 unresolve1679 irresoluteness1686 shilly-shally1755 indecisiona1763 undecisiveness1779 indecisiveness1793 oscillation1798 flexility1815 shilly-shallying1842 swaying1850 Hamletism1852 teeter1855 havering1866 off and on1875 dilly-dallying1879 double-mindedness1881 hesitatingness1890 dither1958 1819 ‘P. Bobbin’ Sequel to Lancs. Dial. 6 (E.D.D.) I'm aw on o' dither, if th' wynt bo sturs a twig. 1891 C. Wordsworth Rutland Words 11 Those children keep me in the dithers, they do. 1899 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin xii. 331 The sight o' both on us..might make the poor body all of a dither if she was very ill. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. iii. ii. 500 They'll rehearse all right... When it comes to the night, all of a dither. 1931 E. Sackville-West Simpson iii. xvii She quickly pulled herself together, feeling that such a state of dither would not, if she showed it, illustrate her name. 1939 N. Marsh Overture to Death xxi. 243 Eleanor was thrown into a dither by finding us there together. 1957 S. Jameson Cup of Tea for Mr. Thorgill ii. 31 Always in a dither of enthusiasm and misplaced devotion—and what a bore that is! 1958 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 31 May 8/3 She came up with Stanley Baldwin and his policy of delusion and dither, which left England nearly helpless against Hitler. 1970 M. Pereira Pigeon's Blood xi. 127 Such brains are usually characterised by two things: the speed with which they can reach vital decisions; and the speed with which they can grasp how to implement such decisions. A total absence of dither, if you like. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). ditherv. Brit. /ˈdɪðə/, U.S. /ˈdɪðər/ Etymology: A phonetic variation of didder v.; compare father, mother, feather, hither, gather, in which -ther represents earlier -der. 1. intransitive. Originally chiefly dialect, to tremble, quake, quiver, thrill. Now also in general colloquial use: to vacillate, to act indecisively, to waver between different opinions or courses of action. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > tremble or quiver shiverc1250 tremble1303 lillec1400 tryllec1400 quaver?a1439 didderc1440 dadderc1450 whitherc1450 bever1470 dindle1470 brawl1489 quiver1490 quitter1513 flichter1528 warble1549 palsy1582 quoba1586 twitter1629 dither1649 verberate1652 quibble1721 dandera1724 tremulate1749 vibrate1757 dingle1787 nidge1803 tirl1825 reel1847 shudder1849 tremor1921 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] haltc825 flecchec1300 waverc1315 flickerc1325 wag1387 swervea1400 floghter1521 stacker1526 to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530 wave1532 stagger1533 to hang in the wind1536 to waver as, like, with the wind1548 mammer1554 sway1563 dodge1568 erch1584 suspend1585 float1598 swag1608 hoverc1620 hesitate1623 vacillate1623 fluctuate1634 demur1641 balance1656 to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674 to stand shall I, shall I1674 to go shill-I shall-I1700 to stand at shilly-shally1700 to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734 whiffle1737 dilly-dally1740 to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751 oscillate1771 shilly-shally1782 dacker1817 librate1822 humdrum1825 swing1833 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848 to back and fill1854 haver1866 wobble1867 shaffle1873 dicker1879 to be on the weigh-scales1886 waffle1894 to think twice1898 to teeter on the brink1902 dither1908 vagulate1918 pern1920 1649 in J. Raine Depos. Castle of York (1861) 29 He saw the said Sara Rodes..her body quakeing and dithering about halfe a quarter of an hower. 1666 tr. Horace Ode xxiii, in A. Brome et al. tr. Horace Poems i. 32 So tremulous is she, Dith'ring both in heart and knee. 1820 J. Clare Poems Rural Life (ed. 3) 47 Needy Labour dithering stands. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) 1891 B. J. L. Adams Bonnie Kate II. iii. 85 Kate would not be there to hear it [the organ] boom, and thrill, and ‘dither’. [In most dialect glossaries as far south as Shropsh., Leicester, Northamp.] 1908 ‘I. Hay’ Right Stuff i. 6 If there is a viva-voce, be sure to speak up and give your answers as though you were sure of them... The one thing the examiners will not thole is a body that dithers. 1923 H. C. Bailey Mr. Fortune's Pract. iii. 81 All newspapers are run by madmen, but the ‘Watchman’ merely dithers. 1927 Manch. Guardian Weekly 16 Dec. 463/1 While Governments dither and talk limply of disarmament and peace large numbers of normally inarticulate citizens grow increasingly restive. 1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement vii. 359 ‘I don't know what on earth you're trying to say,’ she told him... ‘Oh, don't dither so much, silly.’ 1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart ii. v. 255 The lady..was already dithering round a table of new novels. 1948 ‘N. Shute’ No Highway i. 27 I don't think it [sc. a tailplane] had any continuous movement—it wasn't dithering all the time. 1959 Times 14 Dec. 13/4 She was the first producer we had ever had who never dithered about which was Up Stage and which Down. 2. To confuse, perplex, make nervous (esp. in passive). Also (Australian), to make drunk. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)] abobc1330 confusec1350 confoundc1374 cumbera1375 passc1384 maskerc1400 mopc1425 enose1430 manga1450 overmusec1460 perplex1477 maze1482 enmuse1502 ruffle?a1505 unsteady1532 entangle1540 duddle1548 intricate1548 distraught1579 distract1582 mizzle1583 moider1587 amuse1595 mist1598 bepuzzle1599 gravel1601 plunder1601 puzzle1603 intrigue1612 vexa1613 metagrobolize?a1616 befumea1618 fuddle1617 crucify1621 bumfiddlea1625 implicate1625 giddify1628 wilder1642 buzzlea1644 empuzzle1646 dunce1649 addle1652 meander1652 emberlucock1653 flounder1654 study1654 disorient1655 embarrass?1656 essome1660 embrangle1664 jumble1668 dunt1672 muse1673 clutter1685 emblustricate1693 fluster1720 disorientate1728 obfuscate1729 fickle1736 flustrate1797 unharmonize1797 mystify1806 maffle1811 boggle1835 unballast1836 stomber1841 throw1844 serpentine1850 unbalance1856 tickle1865 fog1872 bumfuzzle1878 wander1897 to put off1909 defeat1914 dither1919 befuddle1926 ungear1931 to screw up1941 1919 [see dithered adj. at Derivatives]. 1932 N. Lindsay Cautious Amorist v. 70 Dithered we [w]as already by the booze we had ashore. 1936 D. G. Smith Call it a Day ii. ii. 75 It's these girls in the shops. They just dither you. 1948 V. Palmer Golconda v. 32 They have a right to know what the prospects here actually are. At present they are dithered by rumours. 1948 V. Palmer Golconda xvii. 140 I've seen him so dithered by printed words he didn't know whether it was this week or next. Derivatives ˈdithered adj. confused, perplexed. ΚΠ 1919 J. Masefield Reynard the Fox 98 He's done: he's dithered. ˈdithering n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [adjective] > trembling or quivering tremblinga1400 aspen?c1412 quavering?a1439 didderingc1440 wavering1488 quavery1519 quiveringa1547 warbling1549 tremble1568 quiverish1582 tremefacting1599 aguisha1602 tremulous1611 twittering1648 brandishing1658 micant1661 shivery1747 shivering1762 tremulating1813 dithing1818 dithering1821 quivery1833 tremulant1837 trembly1846 thrilling1850 trepidatory1881 shuddering1893 doddery1919 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 193 How have I joy'd, with dithering hands, to find Each fading flower. 1888 R. Kipling Soldiers Three 64 Thomas in bulk can be worked up into ditthering, rippling hysteria. 1932 C. Williams Greater Trumps x. 168 She re~ordered her thoughts; this was mere dithering. dithering-grass n. quaking grass, Briza media. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > quaking-grass Quakers1597 quaking grass1597 shakers1597 dodder-grass1617 brant-barley1633 cow-quakes1633 pearl grass1633 maidenhair grass1640 amourette1702 Lady's hair1732 quiver grass1759 quake1812 rattlesnake grass1814 totter-grass1821 silver shacklea1824 lady's tresses1842 fairy grass1846 earthquakes1851 trembling-grass1853 dadder grass1859 dithering-grass1878 totty-grass1901 shivery grass1926 1878–86 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Dithering Grass, Briza media. Lanc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1819v.1649
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