This week’s theme
Words having origins in rivers

This week’s words
Yarra-banker
Klondike
Rubicon
meander
Niagara

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PRONUNCIATION:

(mee-AN-duhr)

MEANING:

verb intr.:	1. To follow a winding course.
	2. To move aimlessly.
	3. To speak or write without a focus.
noun:	1. A curve or bend in a path, stream, etc.
	2. A winding path.
	3. A circuitous journey; a ramble.

ETYMOLOGY:

After Maeander (modern name: Büyük Menderes), a river in Turkey, known for its winding course. Earliest documented use: 1576.

USAGE:

“His beguiling but loose thesis pretty much allows Mr Nuttall to go where he like ... so ‘Shakespeare the Thinker’ meanders, but it meanders beautifully.”
With a Glass of Dry Sherry; The Economist (London, UK); Jun 9, 2007.

See more usage examples of meander in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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