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語源 1

From Middle English flendris, of North Germanic origin, from or related to Norwegian flindra, from Proto-Germanic *flintaz, from Proto-Indo-European *splind- (“to split, cleave”).

別の表記

• flender (Scotland)

名詞

flinder (複数形 flinders)

1. A small piece or fragment; a thin slice; splinter
   • 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXXV, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 273:

     “It’s to swear to stand by one another, and never tell the gang’s secrets, even if you’re chopped all to flinders, and kill anybody and all his family that hurts one of the gang.”

語源 2

From Middle English flindre. Compare Dutch vlinder.

名詞

flinder (複数形 flinders)

1. (obsolete or dialect) A butterfly.

動詞

flinder (三人称単数 現在形 flinders, 現在分詞 flindering, 過去形および過去分詞形 flindered)

1. (intransitive) To flirt; run about in a fluttering manner

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “flinder”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

アナグラム

• frindle