meanderingn.

Brit.

/mɪˈand(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/miˈænd(ə)rɪŋ/

Forms: 1600s meandring, 1700s– meandering, 1800s maeandering.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meander v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < meander v. + -ing suffix¹.

The following of a winding or circuitous course; intricacy or convolution (of thought, speech, etc.); an instance of this. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > indirectness of course > moving in winding course

winding1398

crankling1598

crangling1608

indenturinga1632

meandering1652

sinuation1653

serpentinga1684

zigzaggery1761

twisting1768

zigzagging1827

switchbacking1913

zigging1977

1652 A. Wilson For Author in E. Benlowes Theophila Or can the crawling Worm..With its Meandrings finde the Center out?

1783 H. Cowley Which is the Man? iii. i. 351 To their genius are all their faults imputed; which are considered as the graceful meanderings of a mind too ethereal to be kept down within the Rules of Common Sense.

1808 Salmagundi 25 Jan. 422 The grove must be a paradise that is refreshed by thy meanderings!

1865 G. Grote Plato III. 45 I here repeat the precise state of the question, which is very apt to be lost amidst the mæanderings of a Platonic dialogue.

1925 C. Connolly Let. 1 Jan. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 54 How awful for you to wade through these cautious and qualified meanderings when you are not feeling serious.

1931 H. S. Williams Bk. Marvels 24 Meandering of a stream in either direction is facilitated, once the slightest departure is made from a straight course.

1995 New Statesman & Society 24 Nov. 20/1 To these meetings can be added hundreds of speculative meanderings over a pint.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

meanderingadj.

Brit.

/mɪˈand(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/miˈænd(ə)rɪŋ/

Forms: 1600s maeandring, 1600s–1700s meandring, 1700s– meandering.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meander v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < meander v. + -ing suffix².

That meanders; winding, twisting. In quot. 1661 figurative: deliberately complicating.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [adjective] > bending or winding

winding1555

straying1585

crankling1596

meandrian1608

tortive1609

meandered1612

serpentine1615

snailing1615

meandering1617

meandrous1639

meandric1658

wandering1667

wimpling1721

spiral1796

circumvolutory1834

wormy1869

twistering1872

twistified1872

twistical1890

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [adjective] > having specific kind of course > full of bends

meandry1614

meandering1617

wriggling1640

wimpling1721

windabout1889

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves

tortivous14..

anfractuous?a1425

tortuous1426

tortuea1500

snakish1532

winding1538

wormy1545

boughty1570

wriggled1572

sinuous1578

serpent-likea1586

crankled1594

serpent1597

snaky1600

flexuous1605

snaking1605

cringle-crangle1606

voluminous1611

serpenting?1614

serpentine1615

curvy1623

serpentizing1628

worming1631

lacinious1648

anguineous1656

anguine1657

anfractuose1680

twisting1683

vermicular1712

worm-like1721

flexuose1727

meandering1748

crinkum-crankum1766

serpentiform1777

serpentining1799

anguiform1800

ophite1828

tortuose1829

cranky1836

sinuose1836

serpentile1857

twisty1857

sinuated1859

vermiculatea1864

twinyc1868

tortive1880

crinkle-crankle1881

serpentinous1882

quirky1890

twistical1890

waggly1894

wriggly1901

squiggly1902

wiggly1903

contortionate1911

wig-waggy1914

curvaceous1965

1617 W. Drummond Forth Feasting sig. A4 To loose a trampling Steede alongst a Plaine, And in meandring Gyres him bring againe.

1661 O. Felltham Upon Eccles. ii. 11 in Resolves (rev. ed.) 375 Had it been but some Mæandring Sophister, or some Junior Philosopher, that had but gazed Nature in the face..it might have met some Cavil.

1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) Introd. 6 Winding Bays, Creeks and meandring Inlets.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. vi. 53 Flesh..so clear, that every meandring vein is to be seen.

1787 R. Burns Let. 29 May (2001) I. 119 [She had] a crooked meandring hazle stick which might have borne a place with credit in a scrubbed besom.

1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 174 The tentacles..margin the meandering cell.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 142 The river flows in a meandering course.

1936 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 2 216 The enclosure appeared to have been built on to a ditch of the bivallate meandering variety.

1988 G. Adair Holy Innocents 91 The motorway had to be abandoned for a circuit of meandering side roads.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meandering
释义	meanderingn. Brit. /mɪˈand(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /miˈænd(ə)rɪŋ/ Forms: 1600s meandring, 1700s– meandering, 1800s maeandering. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meander v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < meander v. + -ing suffix¹. The following of a winding or circuitous course; intricacy or convolution (of thought, speech, etc.); an instance of this. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > indirectness of course > moving in winding course winding1398 crankling1598 crangling1608 indenturinga1632 meandering1652 sinuation1653 serpentinga1684 zigzaggery1761 twisting1768 zigzagging1827 switchbacking1913 zigging1977 1652 A. Wilson For Author in E. Benlowes Theophila Or can the crawling Worm..With its Meandrings finde the Center out? 1783 H. Cowley Which is the Man? iii. i. 351 To their genius are all their faults imputed; which are considered as the graceful meanderings of a mind too ethereal to be kept down within the Rules of Common Sense. 1808 Salmagundi 25 Jan. 422 The grove must be a paradise that is refreshed by thy meanderings! 1865 G. Grote Plato III. 45 I here repeat the precise state of the question, which is very apt to be lost amidst the mæanderings of a Platonic dialogue. 1925 C. Connolly Let. 1 Jan. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 54 How awful for you to wade through these cautious and qualified meanderings when you are not feeling serious. 1931 H. S. Williams Bk. Marvels 24 Meandering of a stream in either direction is facilitated, once the slightest departure is made from a straight course. 1995 New Statesman & Society 24 Nov. 20/1 To these meetings can be added hundreds of speculative meanderings over a pint. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). meanderingadj. Brit. /mɪˈand(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /miˈænd(ə)rɪŋ/ Forms: 1600s maeandring, 1600s–1700s meandring, 1700s– meandering. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meander v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < meander v. + -ing suffix². That meanders; winding, twisting. In quot. 1661 figurative: deliberately complicating. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adjective] > bending or winding winding1555 straying1585 crankling1596 meandrian1608 tortive1609 meandered1612 serpentine1615 snailing1615 meandering1617 meandrous1639 meandric1658 wandering1667 wimpling1721 spiral1796 circumvolutory1834 wormy1869 twistering1872 twistified1872 twistical1890 the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [adjective] > having specific kind of course > full of bends meandry1614 meandering1617 wriggling1640 wimpling1721 windabout1889 the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves tortivous14.. anfractuous?a1425 tortuous1426 tortuea1500 snakish1532 winding1538 wormy1545 boughty1570 wriggled1572 sinuous1578 serpent-likea1586 crankled1594 serpent1597 snaky1600 flexuous1605 snaking1605 cringle-crangle1606 voluminous1611 serpenting?1614 serpentine1615 curvy1623 serpentizing1628 worming1631 lacinious1648 anguineous1656 anguine1657 anfractuose1680 twisting1683 vermicular1712 worm-like1721 flexuose1727 meandering1748 crinkum-crankum1766 serpentiform1777 serpentining1799 anguiform1800 ophite1828 tortuose1829 cranky1836 sinuose1836 serpentile1857 twisty1857 sinuated1859 vermiculatea1864 twinyc1868 tortive1880 crinkle-crankle1881 serpentinous1882 quirky1890 twistical1890 waggly1894 wriggly1901 squiggly1902 wiggly1903 contortionate1911 wig-waggy1914 curvaceous1965 1617 W. Drummond Forth Feasting sig. A4 To loose a trampling Steede alongst a Plaine, And in meandring Gyres him bring againe. 1661 O. Felltham Upon Eccles. ii. 11 in Resolves (rev. ed.) 375 Had it been but some Mæandring Sophister, or some Junior Philosopher, that had but gazed Nature in the face..it might have met some Cavil. 1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) Introd. 6 Winding Bays, Creeks and meandring Inlets. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. vi. 53 Flesh..so clear, that every meandring vein is to be seen. 1787 R. Burns Let. 29 May (2001) I. 119 [She had] a crooked meandring hazle stick which might have borne a place with credit in a scrubbed besom. 1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 174 The tentacles..margin the meandering cell. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 142 The river flows in a meandering course. 1936 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 2 216 The enclosure appeared to have been built on to a ditch of the bivallate meandering variety. 1988 G. Adair Holy Innocents 91 The motorway had to be abandoned for a circuit of meandering side roads. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1652adj.1617
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