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blunder

blun·der

UK/ˈblʌn.dəː/ US/ˈblʌ̹n.dəː/ uncommon obsolete
noun (1) verb (3)

noun

1.

verb

1.

commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

  • “I blundered during the job interview”
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2.

make one''s way clumsily or blindly

  • “He fumbled towards the door”
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3.

utter impulsively

  • “He blurted out the secret”
  • “He blundered his stupid ideas”
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English blundren, blondren (verb) and blunder, blonder (“disturbance, strife”), from the verb; partly from Middle English blondren, a frequentative form of Middle English blonden, blanden ("to mix; mix up"; corresponding to blend + -er); and partly from Middle English blundren, a frequentative form of Middle English blunden (“to stagger; stumble”), from Old Norse blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”). Cognates include Norwegian blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”), dialectal Swedish blundra (“to act blindly or rashly”), Danish blunde (“to blink”) or blunde (“to take a nap”), Icelandic blunda (“to nap; doze”). Related to English blind.

Phrases

  • blunder years
  • thud and blunder
  • winter blunderland

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