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单词 caterwauling
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caterwaulingn.

Forms: see preceding, also 1500s–1600s catterwaling, catterwralling, (1600s cat-wralling).
Etymology: Formed as caterwaul v. + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcaterwauling.
1.
a. The cry of cats at rutting time; their rutting or heat.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > rutting
caterwauling1530
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [noun] > sounds made by > caterwaul
yowl?a1513
caterwauling1530
caterwaul1708
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 175 Larre des chatz, the caterwawyng of cattes.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 235/2 Katerwayng.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 105 In the time of their lust (commonly called cat-wralling) they are wilde and fierce.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. iii. 46 His serenade..as little regarded as the caterwauling of a cat in the gutter.
1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 149 Thus, if owls were established at every farm, the caterwauling of cats..would be less necessary.
b. to go a caterwauling: to go ‘after kind’.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [verb (intransitive)] > miscellaneous actions of
to go a caterwauling1546
knead1954
spray1954
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hiii My cat gothe a catterwawyng.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 156v They goe a Catterwalling about February.
1582 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Compend. Rationall Secretes iii. lxxxviii. 113 The Catte..is neuer in loue or goeth a catterwallyng, but in the coldest weather.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. xxix. 251 [Melons] are fitter to make meate for cats that goe a catterwauling.
1737 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 3) at Cataria When they go a Catter-wauling.
2. Going after the opposite sex; lecherous motions or pursuits.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [noun] > lecherousness or lechery
lecheryc1230
lecherheda1325
lickerousnessc1380
lecherness?c1510
caterwauling1530
ruttery1567
cockishness1573
palliardise1581
routerya1600
salacity1605
saltness1611
catting1681
tomcatting1886
whorehopping1916
skirt patrol1941
skirt-chasing1950
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 829 A katerwavyng, agars.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 342/1 Priestes, freres, monkes and nunnes..may runne out a caterwawing.
a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 275 To see old doting..priests..run a catterwawling.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Aller à gars, (a wench) to goe a caterwawling. [See also garouage, iar, etc.]
1672 W. Wycherley Love in Wood ii. i This new-fashioned cater-wauling, this midnight coursing in the Park!
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais v. xxix.
3. transferred. Any hideous, discordant howling noise.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun] > sound
ganglinga1387
noise?a1425
jarring1555
jangling1581
discord1589
caterwauling1594
latration1623
tingle-tanglea1635
jar1669
crank1786
jangle1795
discordancy1796
inharmony1799
discordance1801
parrot-house1850
soundclash1925
ear-bender1940
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 57 Why what a catterwalling dost thou keepe. View more context for this quotation
1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor iii. iv. sig. H2 Why you monkies you? what a catterwaling do you keepe? View more context for this quotation
1612 T. Dekker If it be not Good ii. i. 44 Welsh harpes, Irish bag-pipes, Iewes trompes, and french kitts..their dambd catter-wralling, Frighted me away.
1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 361. ¶1 A kind of Catter-wawling..whatever the Musicians themselves might think of it.
1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. iii. 58 There they are at it now, with their catterwauling, squealing all together.
4. figurative. Whining.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > whine
whiningc1440
whinge?a1513
whine1633
cant1640
whindle1647
whindling1648
whinging1720
beggar-whine1796
wheak1828
caterwaulinga1861
twine1876
whininess1934
a1861 A. H. Clough Dipsychus ii. iv, in Lett. & Remains (1865) 186 These pitiful rebellions of the flesh, These caterwaulings of the effeminate heart.
1870 T. H. Huxley Lay Serm. iv. 69 Sensual caterwauling.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

caterwaulingadj.

Forms: see caterwaul v. and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: caterwaul v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < caterwaul v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcaterwauling.
That caterwauls.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > sounds like animal or bird sounds > [adjective] > caterwaul
caterwaulinga1652
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [adjective] > making harsh or discordant sound
hoarsec1369
ganglinga1398
roughlyc1400
rauk?a1425
rustyc1430
hask?1440
savagea1450
raw1474
hoar?a1505
harsh1530
untunable1545
jarring1552
jarry1582
barking1589
absonant1600
wrangling1608
raucous1615
asper1626
streperous1637
scrannel1638
caterwaulinga1652
unmelodious1665
jangling1667
latrant1702
untuneful1709
raucid1730
unharmonious1742
unmelodized1771
unmelodic1823
raucal1826
rauque1845
raspish1847
serratic1859
jangled1874
jangly1891
amelodic1937
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > felis domesticus (cat) > [adjective] > making sound
meowing1632
miauling1632
caterwaulingc1834
mewling1843
a1652 R. Brome Weeding of Covent-Garden iv. i. 61 in Five New Playes (1659) This may warne you out of such caterwaling company.
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 125 Was no dispute afoot between The Catterwauling Bretheren?
1791 G. Huddesford Salmagundi 145 Of Cats that grace a Caterwauling age.
c1834 tr. Uniomachia (1875) 23 Each caterwauling Tom consoles his spouse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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