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单词 hudder-mudder
释义

hudder-muddern.

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s hoder-moder, 1500s hudder-mother, hudther-mudther, hudder-mutter, hutter-mutter, huther-muther.
Etymology: A reduplicated compound of which the first element appears to be related to hoder v. to huddle; the second is obscure, but in part, at least, onomatopoeic: compare hugger-mugger n., adj., and adv.
Obsolete.
Concealment, secrecy, privacy; chiefly in in hudder-mudder.
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [noun]
coverture1393
laina1400
coveringc1400
palliation?c1425
lainingc1440
lonea1450
hudder-mudder1461
hugger-mugger1529
concealment1565
celation1567
hugger1576
burial1596
smothering1602
suppression1651
disguisal1652
hugger-mug1654
latitancy1701
cover-up1927
wraps1939
1461 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 95 He and hys wyfe and other have blaveryd here of my kynred in hodermoder [printed hedermoder].
a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. A.iiiv Alas they make me shoder For in hoder moder The churche is put in faute.
1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus i. f. 7v It hydes it not, it lurkes not in corners and hudder mother.
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 351/2 These thynges thus in hudder mutter among them selues concluded.
1579 S. Gosson Apol. Schoole of Abuse in Ephemerides Phialo f. 91 I know not yet, because it is doone in hudder mudder.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie vii. 39 The miracles..were not darksome nor done in hudther mudther, but so openly and apparantly.

Derivatives

hudder-mudder v. (also huther-muther) Obsolete (transitive) to huddle up, conceal, keep close.
ΘΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)]
heeleOE
forhelec888
i-hedec888
dernc893
hidec897
wryOE
behelec1000
behidec1000
bewryc1000
forhidec1000
overheleOE
hilla1250
fealc1325
cover1340
forcover1382
blinda1400
hulsterc1400
overclosec1400
concealc1425
shroud1426
blend1430
close1430
shadow1436
obumber?1440
mufflea1450
alaynec1450
mew?c1450
purloin1461
to keep close?1471
oversilec1478
bewrap1481
supprime1490
occulta1500
silec1500
smoor1513
shadec1530
skleir1532
oppressa1538
hudder-mudder1544
pretex1548
lap?c1550
absconce1570
to steek away1575
couch1577
recondite1578
huddle1581
mew1581
enshrine1582
enshroud1582
mask1582
veil1582
abscondc1586
smotherc1592
blot1593
sheathe1594
immask1595
secret1595
bemist1598
palliate1598
hoodwinka1600
overmaska1600
hugger1600
obscure1600
upwrap1600
undisclose1601
disguise1605
screen1611
underfold1612
huke1613
eclipsea1616
encavea1616
ensconcea1616
obscurify1622
cloud1623
inmewa1625
beclouda1631
pretext1634
covert1647
sconce1652
tapisa1660
shun1661
sneak1701
overlay1719
secrete1741
blank1764
submerge1796
slur1813
wrap1817
buttress1820
stifle1820
disidentify1845
to stick away1900
1544 Bk. Chyldren in T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe (new ed.) sig. a.iiii What reason is it yt we shuld huther muther here among a fewe, the thynge that was made to be common vnto all.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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