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blunder

/bˈlʌndə/BLUHN-dur
/bˈlʌndɚ/BLUHN-dur

Meaningto doze

Common meaning: a clumsy mistake

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)blunda‘to doze, slumber’source
  2. Middle Englishbdlondrensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto doze, slumber → a clumsy mistakeblunder‘a clumsy mistake’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) blunda ‘to doze’.

Roots

  • blunda Old Norse (Icelandic) “to doze”

Related words

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