Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tidder

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tid-der
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To treat with tenderness; fondle

Example Sentences

"Their doings now were jubilational— What quiet folks would call sensational. Their goodies they unpack excitedly, Their Common Grandsire greet delightedly, With gentle, sympathetic tiddering. When from his tree-top he called diddering, All "gramps," Wag said, are worth considering."

Etymology

From Middle English tidren, from Old English tīdrian, tȳdrian (“to become weak or infirm; be frail”), from Proto-Germanic *tūdrijaną (“to become brittle or weak; exhaust”), from Proto-Germanic *tūdrijaz (“brittle; weak; exhausted”), equivalent to Old English tid + -er. Related to Old English tiddre, tyddre, tēdre, tīdre, tȳdre (“weak; fragile”), West Frisian tear (“tender; gentle”), Dutch teder (“tender; fond; gentle; loving”), German Low German teder (“fine; delicate; sensitive; tender; weak”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: tidren, tīdrian, *tūdrijaną, *tūdrijaz
Suffix: ang:tid

Inflected Forms

tidders (present, singular) tiddering (participle, present) tiddered (participle, past) tiddered (past)

Frequently Paired Words

tiddle

Synonyms

coddle cosset dandle

Questions

What does tidder mean?: To treat with tenderness; fondle
Where does tidder come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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