Skip to main content

Word of the Day – Moider

By May 1, 2021Word of the Day

Moider (verb) (dialect Irish, British, Midlands English )

moy-duh

To confuse, perplex, bewilder; to exhaust, overcome, stupefy; (occasionally) to pester. Chiefly reflexive or in passive.

Late 16th century; earliest use found in Abraham Fraunce (?1559–?1593), poet and lawyer. Origin uncertain; perhaps from Irish modartha dark, murky, morose (Early Irish modarda sullen, sad), of uncertain origin.

Example sentences

“I found the whole process moidered me.”

Word of the Day – Carom

| Word of the Day | No Comments
Word of the Day - Carom (noun) kar-uhm

Word of the Day – Dislimn

| Word of the Day | No Comments
Word of the Day - Dislimn (verb) (archaic) dis-lim

Word of the Day – Quintessential

| Word of the Day | No Comments
Word of the Day - Quintessential (adj) kwin-tee-sen-shul

Word of the Day – Pseudologist

| Word of the Day | No Comments
Word of the Day - Pseudologist (noun) syu-dol-oj-ist

Word of the Day – Bellicose

| Word of the Day | No Comments
Word of the Day - Bellicose (adj) bel-i-kohs

Word of the Day – Vainglory

| Word of the Day | No Comments
Word of the Day - Vainglory (noun) vayn-glaw-ree

Word of the Day – Wifty

| Word of the Day | No Comments
Word of the Day - Wifty (adj) wif-tee

Word of the Day – Excrescence

| News, Word of the Day | No Comments
Word of the Day - Excrescence (noun)

Word of the Day – Doohickey

| Word of the Day | No Comments
Word of the Day - Doohickey (noun) (US Informal) do-hik-ee

Leave a Reply