maunder

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From earlier maund (“to beg”).

1. A beggar.

verb

Etymology: From earlier maund (“to beg”).

1. To speak in a disorganized or desultory manner; to babble or prattle.

   “He was ever maundering by the how that he met a party of scarlet devils.”

   “"Not so fast, Lady Cecilia; not yet;" and now Louisa went on with a medical maundering. "As to low spirits, my dear Cecilia, I must say I agree with Sir Sib Pennyfeather, who tells me it is not mere common low spirits […]"”

2. To wander or walk aimlessly.

   “[Deacon Mushrat to Pogo:] The Machiavellian barratry of a pettifogging public has maundered into do-nothingism.”

3. To beg; to whine like a beggar.