Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tidder
Participle: tiddered
Gerund: tiddering
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | tidder |
| you | tidder |
| he;she;it | tidders |
| we | tidder |
| you | tidder |
| they | tidder |
Perfect
| I | have tiddered |
| you | have tiddered |
| he;she;it | has tiddered |
| we | have tiddered |
| you | have tiddered |
| they | have tiddered |
Past
| I | tiddered |
| you | tiddered |
| he;she;it | tiddered |
| we | tiddered |
| you | tiddered |
| they | tiddered |
Pluperfect
| I | had tiddered |
| you | had tiddered |
| he;she;it | had tiddered |
| we | had tiddered |
| you | had tiddered |
| they | had tiddered |
Future
| I | will tidder |
| you | will tidder |
| he;she;it | will tidder |
| we | will tidder |
| you | will tidder |
| they | will tidder |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tiddered |
| you | will have tiddered |
| he;she;it | will have tiddered |
| we | will have tiddered |
| you | will have tiddered |
| they | will have tiddered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tidder |
| you | tidder |
| he;she;it | tidder |
| we | tidder |
| you | tidder |
| they | tidder |
Perfect
| I | have tiddered |
| you | have tiddered |
| he;she;it | have tiddered |
| we | have tiddered |
| you | have tiddered |
| they | have tiddered |
Imperfect
| I | tiddered |
| you | tiddered |
| he;she;it | tiddered |
| we | tiddered |
| you | tiddered |
| they | tiddered |
Pluperfect
| I | had tiddered |
| you | had tiddered |
| he;she;it | had tiddered |
| we | had tiddered |
| you | had tiddered |
| they | had tiddered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tidder |
| you | would tidder |
| he;she;it | would tidder |
| we | would tidder |
| you | would tidder |
| they | would tidder |
Perfect
| I | would have tiddered |
| you | would have tiddered |
| he;she;it | would have tiddered |
| we | would have tiddered |
| you | would have tiddered |
| they | would have tiddered |
Imperative
| you | tidder |
| we | Let's tidder |
| you | tidder |
Verbs conjugated like 'tidder'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tidder'
didder,
nidder,
ridder,
tedder,
tinder,
bodder,
cinder,
dodder,
dudder,
edder,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 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.
2. 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”).
Sample Sentences
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Their doings now were jubilational—
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What quiet folks would call sensational.
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Their goodies they unpack excitedly,
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Their Common Grandsire greet delightedly,
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With gentle, sympathetic tiddering.
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When from his tree-top he called diddering,
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All "gramps," Wag said, are worth considering. [1916 July, Rose O'Neill, “The Kewpies and their Fairy Cousin”, in Good Housekeeping, volume 63, number 1, page 88:]