dauber

See also: Dauber

English

Etymology

From Middle English daubere, equivalent to daub +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔːbə(ɹ)/

Noun

dauber (plural daubers)

1. (derogatory) One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:unskilled person

   • 1853, Shearjashub Spooner, Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3)‎^[1], page 140:

     After he had exerted all his powers to produce a masterpiece of art, the canons, upon viewing the picture, pronounced it a contemptible performance, and the artist a miserable dauber; and Vandyck could hardly obtain payment for his work.

   • 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.

   • 2015, Erich Maria Remarque, The Promised Land‎^[2], Random House, →ISBN, page 412:

     I'm not a good painter; I'm a dauber who can get a good likeness. Van Gogh or Cézanne would never have made it; I was given a bottle of Beaujolais and a set of directions.

2. (copperplate printing) A pad or ball of rags, covered with canvas, for inking plates.

   Synonyms: dabber, inkball

3. A type of thick marker pen used to mark a bingo card.

   Synonyms: dabber, dobber

   • 2007, “Fluorescent Adolescent”, in Favourite Worst Nightmare, performed by Arctic Monkeys:

     Said she wasn't going but she went still / Likes her gentlemen not to be gentle / Was it a Mecca dauber or a betting pencil?

4. (archaic) A low and gross flatterer.
5. The mud wasp; the mud dauber.

Derived terms

• dirt-dauber

Translations

unskillful painter

• Czech: patlal m
• Danish: klatmaler c
• Esperanto: fipentristo
• French: barbouilleur (fr) m, rapin (fr) m
• German: Pinseler m, Kleckser m, Schmierer m
• Italian: imbianchino (it) m, imbrattatele (it) m, imbrattatore (it)
• Polish: pacykarz (pl) m, bohomaz (pl) m (archaic)
• Serbo-Croatian: mazalo (sh) n

Anagrams

• Bauder, ear bud, ear-bud, earbud, redaub

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.be/

• Audio:

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Verb

dauber

1. (dated) to hit; to strike
2. (by extension) to insult; to denigrate; to defame
3. to stink

Conjugation

Conjugation of dauber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	dauber
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	daubant /do.bɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		daubé /do.be/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(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/
	past historic2	daubai /do.be/	daubas /do.ba/	dauba /do.ba/	daubâmes /do.bam/	daubâtes /do.bat/	daubèrent /do.bɛʁ/
	future	dauberai /do.bʁe/	dauberas /do.bʁa/	daubera /do.bʁa/	dauberons /do.bʁɔ̃/	dauberez /do.bʁe/	dauberont /do.bʁɔ̃/
	conditional	dauberais /do.bʁɛ/	dauberais /do.bʁɛ/	dauberait /do.bʁɛ/	dauberions /do.bə.ʁjɔ̃/	dauberiez /do.bə.ʁje/	dauberaient /do.bʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	daube /dob/	daubes /dob/	daube /dob/	daubions /do.bjɔ̃/	daubiez /do.bje/	daubent /dob/
	imperfect2	daubasse /do.bas/	daubasses /do.bas/	daubât /do.ba/	daubassions /do.ba.sjɔ̃/	daubassiez /do.ba.sje/	daubassent /do.bas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	daube /dob/	—	daubons /do.bɔ̃/	daubez /do.be/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “dauber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Alternative forms

• dober

Etymology

Origin obscure. Probably from a merger of Latin dealbō (“to whiten”) and the Germanic root of adober (“to knight, equip”).

Verb

dauber

1. to whiten; whitewash
2. to provide with; to furnish with
3. to hit; to strike
4. to insult; to denigrate; to defame

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			gerund of avoir + 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	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + 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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	daube	—	daubons	daubez	—

Related terms

• adober

Descendants

• English: daub
• French: dauber