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.

a. The cry of cats at rutting time; their rutting or heat.

ΘΚΠ

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’.

ΘΚΠ

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. 156^v 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.

ΘΚΠ

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.

1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor iii. iv. sig. H2 Why you monkies you? what a catterwaling do you keepe?

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.

ΘΚΠ

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.

ΘΚΠ

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).

单词	caterwauling
释义	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. ΘΚΠ 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’. ΘΚΠ 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. 156^v 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1530adj.a1652
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