potteringn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒt(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɑdərɪŋ/

Forms: 1500s poderinge, 1500s 1800s– pottering.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: potter v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < potter v. (although this is first attested later) + -ing suffix¹.

The action or process of pottering (in various senses); (now esp.) aimless or leisurely activity or movement; the process of occupying oneself in a desultory but pleasant manner (cf. potter v. 4). Also with about, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting

loitering1362

triflinga1382

dalliance1567

piddling1580

baubling1608

idlement1622

concessation1623

paddling1642

sauntering1680

puddling1695

dawdle1813

dawdling1819

puttering1835

pottering1844

peddling1851

tiddlywinking1869

loiter1876

frivolling1882

potter1897

muckings1898

futzing1907

piffling1914

fucking1931

monkeying1932

muck-about1968

twatting1989

society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking leisurely or idly

roit1440

jetting1546

sauntering1813

pottering1844

bummelling1902

?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew v. f. xvi^v Thou doest but with poderinge [so ed. c1550; Wks. 1573 pottering] in the fyre, make the flame greater.

1844 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 140 After my usual pottering about in the midland counties of England.

1860 R. W. Emerson Wealth in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 102 Long marches are no hardship to him... But this pottering in a few square yards of garden is dispiriting and drivelling.

1893 E. G. Duff Early Printed Bks. 195 Mere antiquarian pottering or aimless waste of time.

1920 Times 4 Dec. 5/6 17 minutes was wasted before the actual start by pure aimless pottering.

1998 A. Sturgeon Planted 14/2 Don't forget it's all about quality of life; a little bit of pottering about is therapeutic.

2001 Automobile June 16/1 Initial pottering around the lanes soon reacquainted me with the docility and flexibility not usually associated with a car of this type.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

potteringadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɒt(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpɑdərɪŋ/

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

Etymology: < potter v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier pottering n.

1. Involving or characterized by pottering.

a. Of work, etc.: done in a feeble, unsystematic, or ineffectual way; (hence) trifling, slight, paltry. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible > fussing or small-minded

fistinga1535

petty1597

whiffling1613

leguleian1615

fiddle-faddle1617

leguleious1660

pottering1720

poking1748

niggling1827

poky1828

whifflegig1830

niggly1840

pistareen1860

petty-minded1927

1720 J. Clarke Ess. Educ. Youth 31 What miserable Pottering Work do the poor Boys make of it.

1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades 383 Although a small pottering business might be commenced with a much less sum.

1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers I. 52 Only a few pottering improvements were made.

1920 S. Lewis Main St. xxii. 262 After detached brown years in boarding-houses, Vida was hungry for housework, for the most pottering detail of it.

1937 Times 8 Apr. 8/7 It must not be a pottering scheme; there must be a long view.

b. Of movement: slow, loitering.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective]

unwinged1613

tortoise-like1645

testudineousa1652

pottering1821

soodly1821

snailish1889

glacial1922

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel 2 193 With ling'ring, pott'ring pace,..Thou, like an old man, bidd'st the world adieu.

1873 R. Broughton Nancy II. 76 The long pottering stroll that Roger and I had taken one evening.

1920 Times 6 Aug. 5/5 If we have nothing to look forward to than a pottering, middle-class, Bogey-like steadiness, we might almost as well not be going for a holiday at all.

1994 P. R. Ehrlich & S. Naeem Birdwatcher's Year (BNC) These signs and sounds I can enjoy at my pottering leisure.

2. Of a person, etc.: that potters; slow-moving, feeble, ineffectual.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adjective] > engaged in trifling activity

holidayc1450

wantonizing1599

peddling1613

poking1748

pottering1826

poky1828

piffling1848

puttering1855

footering1859

tiddlywinking1869

frivolling1882

1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 13 June (1939) 185 A big..trifle-headed, old pottering minister,..came to annoy me about a claim [etc.].

1842 E. Miall in Nonconformist 2 72 A plodding, pottering mind, far more expert in tinkering holes, than in forging and constructing new instruments.

1865 M. E. Braddon Only a Clod xl When I am a pottering old fellow of seventy, I shall have a great fortune and a handsome wife.

1908 Evening Telegram (Ohio) 3 Aug. 8/4 When so very much stress is laid on speed and wide range, the Gordon is not in it because he is a slow pottering dog as a rule.

1935 Times 30 July 8/5 Daughter to the pottering old watch-mender.

1993 Kirkus Rev. (Nexis) 15 Aug. The only person he loves, his pottering old father, has suddenly died.

Derivatives

ˈpotteringly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adverb] > in a trifling or time-wasting manner

percunctorily1615

dawdlingly1860

potteringly1893

1893 G. Meredith in Pall Mall Mag. 2 194 Under one aspect we appear potteringly European; under another, drunk of the East.

1977 K. O'Hara Ghost of Thomas Penry xiv. 128 ‘Excuse me,’ said the doctor, and potteringly climbed the stairs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pottering
释义	potteringn. Brit. /ˈpɒt(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɑdərɪŋ/ Forms: 1500s poderinge, 1500s 1800s– pottering. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: potter v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < potter v. (although this is first attested later) + -ing suffix¹. The action or process of pottering (in various senses); (now esp.) aimless or leisurely activity or movement; the process of occupying oneself in a desultory but pleasant manner (cf. potter v. 4). Also with about, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting loitering1362 triflinga1382 dalliance1567 piddling1580 baubling1608 idlement1622 concessation1623 paddling1642 sauntering1680 puddling1695 dawdle1813 dawdling1819 puttering1835 pottering1844 peddling1851 tiddlywinking1869 loiter1876 frivolling1882 potter1897 muckings1898 futzing1907 piffling1914 fucking1931 monkeying1932 muck-about1968 twatting1989 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > walking leisurely or idly roit1440 jetting1546 sauntering1813 pottering1844 bummelling1902 ?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew v. f. xvi^v Thou doest but with poderinge [so ed. c1550; Wks. 1573 pottering] in the fyre, make the flame greater. 1844 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 140 After my usual pottering about in the midland counties of England. 1860 R. W. Emerson Wealth in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 102 Long marches are no hardship to him... But this pottering in a few square yards of garden is dispiriting and drivelling. 1893 E. G. Duff Early Printed Bks. 195 Mere antiquarian pottering or aimless waste of time. 1920 Times 4 Dec. 5/6 17 minutes was wasted before the actual start by pure aimless pottering. 1998 A. Sturgeon Planted 14/2 Don't forget it's all about quality of life; a little bit of pottering about is therapeutic. 2001 Automobile June 16/1 Initial pottering around the lanes soon reacquainted me with the docility and flexibility not usually associated with a car of this type. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). potteringadj. Brit. /ˈpɒt(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɑdərɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: potter v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < potter v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier pottering n. 1. Involving or characterized by pottering. a. Of work, etc.: done in a feeble, unsystematic, or ineffectual way; (hence) trifling, slight, paltry. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible > fussing or small-minded fistinga1535 petty1597 whiffling1613 leguleian1615 fiddle-faddle1617 leguleious1660 pottering1720 poking1748 niggling1827 poky1828 whifflegig1830 niggly1840 pistareen1860 petty-minded1927 1720 J. Clarke Ess. Educ. Youth 31 What miserable Pottering Work do the poor Boys make of it. 1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades 383 Although a small pottering business might be commenced with a much less sum. 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers I. 52 Only a few pottering improvements were made. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. xxii. 262 After detached brown years in boarding-houses, Vida was hungry for housework, for the most pottering detail of it. 1937 Times 8 Apr. 8/7 It must not be a pottering scheme; there must be a long view. b. Of movement: slow, loitering. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adjective] unwinged1613 tortoise-like1645 testudineousa1652 pottering1821 soodly1821 snailish1889 glacial1922 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel 2 193 With ling'ring, pott'ring pace,..Thou, like an old man, bidd'st the world adieu. 1873 R. Broughton Nancy II. 76 The long pottering stroll that Roger and I had taken one evening. 1920 Times 6 Aug. 5/5 If we have nothing to look forward to than a pottering, middle-class, Bogey-like steadiness, we might almost as well not be going for a holiday at all. 1994 P. R. Ehrlich & S. Naeem Birdwatcher's Year (BNC) These signs and sounds I can enjoy at my pottering leisure. 2. Of a person, etc.: that potters; slow-moving, feeble, ineffectual. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adjective] > engaged in trifling activity holidayc1450 wantonizing1599 peddling1613 poking1748 pottering1826 poky1828 piffling1848 puttering1855 footering1859 tiddlywinking1869 frivolling1882 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 13 June (1939) 185 A big..trifle-headed, old pottering minister,..came to annoy me about a claim [etc.]. 1842 E. Miall in Nonconformist 2 72 A plodding, pottering mind, far more expert in tinkering holes, than in forging and constructing new instruments. 1865 M. E. Braddon Only a Clod xl When I am a pottering old fellow of seventy, I shall have a great fortune and a handsome wife. 1908 Evening Telegram (Ohio) 3 Aug. 8/4 When so very much stress is laid on speed and wide range, the Gordon is not in it because he is a slow pottering dog as a rule. 1935 Times 30 July 8/5 Daughter to the pottering old watch-mender. 1993 Kirkus Rev. (Nexis) 15 Aug. The only person he loves, his pottering old father, has suddenly died. Derivatives ˈpotteringly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adverb] > in a trifling or time-wasting manner percunctorily1615 dawdlingly1860 potteringly1893 1893 G. Meredith in Pall Mall Mag. 2 194 Under one aspect we appear potteringly European; under another, drunk of the East. 1977 K. O'Hara Ghost of Thomas Penry xiv. 128 ‘Excuse me,’ said the doctor, and potteringly climbed the stairs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1533adj.1720
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