meander English · revision 60

+ ==Etymology==

+ First recorded in the 1570s in the now obsolete sense “confusion, intricacy”,^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) [[bor|la|maeander|t=a winding course]],^(Etymonline)^(AHD) [[der|grc|μαίανδρος|tr=maíandros]],^(OED 1989)^(RHWU) from ''Maíandros'', the name of a river in Asia Minor (now the Menderes) noted for its winding course.^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary) The Greeks already used the name figuratively for winding patterns.^(Etymonline)

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+ In English it was applied to rivers from the 1590s;^(Etymonline) the verb “to wander aimlessly” (1831) was perhaps influenced by [[maunder]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==References==

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