moiderv.

Brit.

/ˈmɔɪdə/, U.S.

/ˈmɔɪdər/, Irish English

/ˈmɒɪdər/

Forms: 1600s– moidher, 1600s– moyder, 1700s moyther, 1700s– moider, 1800s– mauther, 1800s– modder (Scottish), 1800s– moidar, 1800s– moidur, 1800s– moither, 1800s– moodher, 1900s– mother.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Irish. Etymon: Irish modartha.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < Irish modartha dark, murky, morose (Early Irish modarda sullen, sad), of uncertain origin. Compare mither v.Welsh mwydro, moedro to bewilder, perplex (18th cent.) has been adduced as a possible cognate of the Irish word, but is probably borrowed < English.

Chiefly Irish English, Manx English and English regional (northern and midlands).

1. transitive. To confuse, perplex, bewilder; to exhaust, overcome, stupefy; (occasionally) to pester (cf. mither v. 2). Chiefly reflexive or in passive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > render stupid [verb (transitive)]

sota1400

moider1587

duncify1594

effatuate1630

besot1634

incrassatea1660

cretinize1846

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)]

tawc893

ermec897

swencheOE

besetOE

bestandc1000

teenOE

baitc1175

grieve?c1225

war?c1225

noyc1300

pursuec1300

travailc1300

to work (also do) annoyc1300

tribula1325

worka1325

to hold wakenc1330

chase1340

twistc1374

wrap1380

cumbera1400

harrya1400

vexc1410

encumber1413

inquiet1413

molest?a1425

course1466

persecutec1475

trouble1489

sturt1513

hare1523

hag1525

hale1530

exercise1531

to grate on or upon1532

to hold or keep waking1533

infest1533

scourge1540

molestate1543

pinch1548

trounce1551

to shake upa1556

tire1558

moila1560

pester1566

importune1578

hunt1583

moider1587

bebait1589

commacerate1596

bepester1600

ferret1600

harsell1603

hurry1611

gall1614

betoil1622

weary1633

tribulatea1637

harass1656

dun1659

overharry1665

worry1671

haul1678

to plague the life out of1746

badger1782

hatchel1800

worry1811

bedevil1823

devil1823

victimize1830

frab1848

mither1848

to pester the life out of1848

haik1855

beplague1870

chevy1872

obsede1876

to get on ——1880

to load up with1880

tail-twist1898

hassle1901

heckle1920

snooter1923

hassle1945

to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946

to bust (a person's) chops1953

noodge1960

monster1967

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

1587 [implied in: A. Fraunce Lament. Amyntas ix. sig. D^v Inconstant, wandring, distracted, moydred Amyntas Rangeth alone by the rocks. (at moidered adj.)].

1705 T. Walker Wit of Woman iii. 29 I've been strangely moyder'd e're sin 'bout this same News oth' French King. I conno believe 'tis true.

1794 J. Williams Crying Epist. 20 Sure Common Sense is moider'd.

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 349 One whose intellects are rendered useless, by being in the habit of taking spirituous liquors to excess, is said to be moidert.

1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss II. iii. viii. 121 Scolding her for ‘moithering’ herself, and going about all day without changing her cap.

1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. ii. v. 17 Moidering his brain with temperance meetings,..temperance papers, and such trash.

1931 Northern Whig 17 Dec. 10 Her father is a bit moidered, but their haggard is always first filled.

1934 W. W. Gill Manx Dial. ii. 82 He came moidherin' the boys for the lend of a grep [a pitch-fork].

1964 L. E. F. English Newfoundland 38 You are moidering my brains. Your noise is very disturbing.

1985 N. Bagnall Defence of Clichés ix. 160 He was so moithered by the new language in which the Church now finds itself compelled to spread the Gospel, that he felt he had to use it.

1987 Lakeland Dial. 4 Sum hoo er anuther ah gat mesell raither moidert aboot th' date.

†2. intransitive. To work very hard, toil. Also (occasionally) transitive with away: to dissipate by toiling. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Moider,..to labour hard, to toil.

a1882 Cornhill Mag. in Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (1886) She lived only to scrape and hoard, moidering away her loveless life in the futile energies and sordid aims of a miser's wretched pleasure.

3. intransitive. To be delirious, to babble; to wander about aimlessly, ramble. (cf. mither v. 3). Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > ramble or waffle

blether1524

spout1556

ramble1616

extravage1759

maunder1834

mumble-jumble1834

moider1839

gander1858

mither1860

burble1891

flap-doodle1893

waffle1900

bumble1911

wibble1994

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > stray or go astray

dwelec900

miswendOE

to fare astray (misliche, amiss)c1175

to step astray, awry, beside1297

weyec1315

outrayc1330

strayc1330

waivea1375

forvay1390

outwandera1400

stragglea1425

waverc1485

wander?1507

swerve1543

wift?a1560

random1561

estray1572

egar1584

to go a-strayinga1586

to step aside1787

err1819

moider1839

maverick1910

1839 G. C. Lewis Gloss. Words Herefordshire 68 Moither,..to be weak in mind.

1867 Galaxy Nov. 768 Folks think more of them above them, less of their Maker, and do travel and moither, and get to the end of their money and their lives faster than in the days when I was young.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Moither, mither,..to talk incoherently—to ramble, as in feverish sleep, or delirium. Com. ‘I thought the poor child wuz gwein to 'ave a faiver, fur 'er burnt like a coal, an' moithered all night’.

1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 145/2 Mtg.: ‘How was he last night, William?’ ‘Oh! he was moithering just all the time.’

1929 ‘H. Green’ Living (1931) ii. 20 Then all three together moithered round the window and then they all drew back and watched.

1974 D. Winsor Death Convention vii. 51 That phrase..kept moithering round my brain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moider
释义	moiderv. Brit. /ˈmɔɪdə/, U.S. /ˈmɔɪdər/, Irish English /ˈmɒɪdər/ Forms: 1600s– moidher, 1600s– moyder, 1700s moyther, 1700s– moider, 1800s– mauther, 1800s– modder (Scottish), 1800s– moidar, 1800s– moidur, 1800s– moither, 1800s– moodher, 1900s– mother. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Irish. Etymon: Irish modartha. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < Irish modartha dark, murky, morose (Early Irish modarda sullen, sad), of uncertain origin. Compare mither v.Welsh mwydro, moedro to bewilder, perplex (18th cent.) has been adduced as a possible cognate of the Irish word, but is probably borrowed < English. Chiefly Irish English, Manx English and English regional (northern and midlands). 1. transitive. To confuse, perplex, bewilder; to exhaust, overcome, stupefy; (occasionally) to pester (cf. mither v. 2). Chiefly reflexive or in passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > render stupid [verb (transitive)] sota1400 moider1587 duncify1594 effatuate1630 besot1634 incrassatea1660 cretinize1846 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)] tawc893 ermec897 swencheOE besetOE bestandc1000 teenOE baitc1175 grieve?c1225 war?c1225 noyc1300 pursuec1300 travailc1300 to work (also do) annoyc1300 tribula1325 worka1325 to hold wakenc1330 chase1340 twistc1374 wrap1380 cumbera1400 harrya1400 vexc1410 encumber1413 inquiet1413 molest?a1425 course1466 persecutec1475 trouble1489 sturt1513 hare1523 hag1525 hale1530 exercise1531 to grate on or upon1532 to hold or keep waking1533 infest1533 scourge1540 molestate1543 pinch1548 trounce1551 to shake upa1556 tire1558 moila1560 pester1566 importune1578 hunt1583 moider1587 bebait1589 commacerate1596 bepester1600 ferret1600 harsell1603 hurry1611 gall1614 betoil1622 weary1633 tribulatea1637 harass1656 dun1659 overharry1665 worry1671 haul1678 to plague the life out of1746 badger1782 hatchel1800 worry1811 bedevil1823 devil1823 victimize1830 frab1848 mither1848 to pester the life out of1848 haik1855 beplague1870 chevy1872 obsede1876 to get on ——1880 to load up with1880 tail-twist1898 hassle1901 heckle1920 snooter1923 hassle1945 to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946 to bust (a person's) chops1953 noodge1960 monster1967 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 1587 [implied in: A. Fraunce Lament. Amyntas ix. sig. D^v Inconstant, wandring, distracted, moydred Amyntas Rangeth alone by the rocks. (at moidered adj.)]. 1705 T. Walker Wit of Woman iii. 29 I've been strangely moyder'd e're sin 'bout this same News oth' French King. I conno believe 'tis true. 1794 J. Williams Crying Epist. 20 Sure Common Sense is moider'd. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 349 One whose intellects are rendered useless, by being in the habit of taking spirituous liquors to excess, is said to be moidert. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss II. iii. viii. 121 Scolding her for ‘moithering’ herself, and going about all day without changing her cap. 1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. ii. v. 17 Moidering his brain with temperance meetings,..temperance papers, and such trash. 1931 Northern Whig 17 Dec. 10 Her father is a bit moidered, but their haggard is always first filled. 1934 W. W. Gill Manx Dial. ii. 82 He came moidherin' the boys for the lend of a grep [a pitch-fork]. 1964 L. E. F. English Newfoundland 38 You are moidering my brains. Your noise is very disturbing. 1985 N. Bagnall Defence of Clichés ix. 160 He was so moithered by the new language in which the Church now finds itself compelled to spread the Gospel, that he felt he had to use it. 1987 Lakeland Dial. 4 Sum hoo er anuther ah gat mesell raither moidert aboot th' date. †2. intransitive. To work very hard, toil. Also (occasionally) transitive with away: to dissipate by toiling. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Moider,..to labour hard, to toil. a1882 Cornhill Mag. in Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (1886) She lived only to scrape and hoard, moidering away her loveless life in the futile energies and sordid aims of a miser's wretched pleasure. 3. intransitive. To be delirious, to babble; to wander about aimlessly, ramble. (cf. mither v. 3). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > be talkative [verb (intransitive)] > ramble or waffle blether1524 spout1556 ramble1616 extravage1759 maunder1834 mumble-jumble1834 moider1839 gander1858 mither1860 burble1891 flap-doodle1893 waffle1900 bumble1911 wibble1994 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (intransitive)] > stray or go astray dwelec900 miswendOE to fare astray (misliche, amiss)c1175 to step astray, awry, beside1297 weyec1315 outrayc1330 strayc1330 waivea1375 forvay1390 outwandera1400 stragglea1425 waverc1485 wander?1507 swerve1543 wift?a1560 random1561 estray1572 egar1584 to go a-strayinga1586 to step aside1787 err1819 moider1839 maverick1910 1839 G. C. Lewis Gloss. Words Herefordshire 68 Moither,..to be weak in mind. 1867 Galaxy Nov. 768 Folks think more of them above them, less of their Maker, and do travel and moither, and get to the end of their money and their lives faster than in the days when I was young. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Moither, mither,..to talk incoherently—to ramble, as in feverish sleep, or delirium. Com. ‘I thought the poor child wuz gwein to 'ave a faiver, fur 'er burnt like a coal, an' moithered all night’. 1903 Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 145/2 Mtg.: ‘How was he last night, William?’ ‘Oh! he was moithering just all the time.’ 1929 ‘H. Green’ Living (1931) ii. 20 Then all three together moithered round the window and then they all drew back and watched. 1974 D. Winsor Death Convention vii. 51 That phrase..kept moithering round my brain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1587
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