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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.”

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