muckender
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle English mokadour, from Old Occitan mocador. For the development of excrescent /n/, compare harbinger, passenger.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmʌk.ɪn.də/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmʌk.ɪn.dɚ/
Noun
editmuckender (plural muckenders)
- (obsolete) A handkerchief.
References
edit- “muckender”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- OED