pudderとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈpʌdə(ɹ)/

  韻: -ʌdə(ɹ)

名詞

pudder (plural pudders)

1. Synonym of pother (“commotion, noise”)
   • 1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Cavses that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC; republished in (Please provide a date or year):

     All in a pudder.

動詞

pudder (third-person singular simple present pudders, present participle puddering, simple past and past participle puddered)

1. (transitive) To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse; to bother.
   • a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC:

     that can be of no other use but to perplex and pudder him if he compares them

2. (intransitive) To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss.
   • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Of Quietness, and doing our own Business”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:

     Puddering in the designs or doings of others.

   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:

     Others pudder into their food with their broad nebs.

参照

• “pudder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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