"ditherer" meaning in All languages combined

See ditherer on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɪðəɹə(ɹ)/ [UK] Forms: ditherers [plural]
Etymology: dither + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dither|er|id2=agent noun}} dither + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} ditherer (plural ditherers)
  1. One who dithers; one who is unable to decide; a procrastinator.
    Sense id: en-ditherer-en-noun-Fa3dJnwB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ditherer meaning in All languages combined (1.0kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dither",
        "3": "er",
        "id2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "dither + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "dither + -er",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ditherers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ditherer (plural ditherers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who dithers; one who is unable to decide; a procrastinator."
      ],
      "id": "en-ditherer-en-noun-Fa3dJnwB",
      "links": [
        [
          "dither",
          "dither"
        ],
        [
          "decide",
          "decide"
        ],
        [
          "procrastinator",
          "procrastinator"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪðəɹə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ditherer"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dither",
        "3": "er",
        "id2": "agent noun"
      },
      "expansion": "dither + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "dither + -er",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ditherers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ditherer (plural ditherers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who dithers; one who is unable to decide; a procrastinator."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dither",
          "dither"
        ],
        [
          "decide",
          "decide"
        ],
        [
          "procrastinator",
          "procrastinator"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪðəɹə(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ditherer"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (ae36afe and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.