maunder

Definition

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

Etymology

From earlier maund (“to beg”).

Example Sentences

• "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 […]""
• "On the following day my friend's exhaustion had become so great that I began to fear his intelligence altogether broken up. But toward evening he briefly rallied, to maunder about many things, confounding in a sinister jumble the memories of the past weeks and those of bygone years."