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Webster 1913 Edition
Dauber
Daub′er
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.
2.
(Copperplate Print.)
A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.
3.
A low and gross flatterer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dauber
DAUB'ER
,Noun.
DAUB'ING, ppr. Plastering; painting coarsely; disguising clumsily; decking ostentatiously; flattering grossly.
DAUB'ING, n. Plastering; coarse painting; gross flattery.
DAUB'RY or DAUB'ERY, n, A daubing; any thing artful.
DAUB'Y, a. Viscous; glutinous; slimy; adhesive.
DAUGHTER, n,
Definition 2025
dauber
dauber
English
Noun
dauber (plural daubers)
- One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.
- 1869, Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives
- I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a common-place dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.
- 1869, Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:unskilled person
Translations
unskillful painter
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dobe/
Verb
dauber
Conjugation
Conjugation of dauber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | dauber | avoir daubé | |||||
| gerund | en daubant | en ayant daubé | |||||
| present participle | daubant /do.bɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | daubé /do.be/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | daube /dob/ |
daubes /dob/ |
daube /dob/ |
daubons /do.bɔ̃/ |
daubez /do.be/ |
daubent /dob/ |
| imperfect | daubais /do.bɛ/ |
daubais /do.bɛ/ |
daubait /do.bɛ/ |
daubions /do.bjɔ̃/ |
daubiez /do.bje/ |
daubaient /do.bɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | daubai /do.be/ |
daubas /do.ba/ |
dauba /do.ba/ |
daubâmes /do.bam/ |
daubâtes /do.bat/ |
daubèrent /do.bɛʁ/ |
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| future | dauberai /do.bʁe/ |
dauberas /do.bʁa/ |
daubera /do.bʁa/ |
dauberons /do.bʁɔ̃/ |
dauberez /do.bʁe/ |
dauberont /do.bʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | dauberais /do.bʁɛ/ |
dauberais /do.bʁɛ/ |
dauberait /do.bʁɛ/ |
dauberions /do.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
dauberiez /do.bə.ʁje/ |
dauberaient /do.bʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | daube /dob/ |
daubes /dob/ |
daube /dob/ |
daubions /do.bjɔ̃/ |
daubiez /do.bje/ |
daubent /dob/ |
| imperfect1 |
daubasse /do.bas/ |
daubasses /do.bas/ |
daubât /do.ba/ |
daubassions /do.ba.sjɔ̃/ |
daubassiez /do.ba.sje/ |
daubassent /do.bas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | daube /dob/ |
— | daubons /do.bɔ̃/ |
daubez /do.be/ |
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Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *dubban (“to hit, push”).
Verb
dauber
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-b, *-bs, *-bt are modified to p, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of dauber (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dauber | avoir daubé | |||||
| gerund | en daubant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | daubant | ||||||
| past participle | daubé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | daup | daubes | daube | daubons | daubez | daubent |
| imperfect | dauboie, daubeie, dauboe, daubeve | dauboies, daubeies, dauboes, daubeves | dauboit, daubeit, daubot, daubeve | daubiiens, daubiens | daubiiez, daubiez | dauboient, daubeient, dauboent, daubevent | |
| preterite | daubai | daubas | dauba | daubames | daubastes | dauberent | |
| future | dauberai | dauberas | daubera | dauberons | dauberoiz, daubereiz, dauberez | dauberont | |
| conditional | dauberoie, daubereie | dauberoies, daubereies | dauberoit, daubereit | dauberiiens, dauberiens | dauberiiez, dauberiez | dauberoient, daubereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | daup | daus | daut | daubons | daubez | daubent |
| imperfect | daubasse | daubasses | daubast | daubissons, daubissiens | daubissoiz, daubissez, daubissiez | daubassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | daube | — | daubons | daubez | — | ||