† moirologistn.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μοιρολόγος , -ist suffix.

Etymology: < Byzantine Greek μοιρολόγος prophetic (in an undated gloss; < ancient Greek μοῖρα fate, death (cognate with μέρος a part: see mero- comb. form¹) + -λόγος : see -logist comb. form) + -ist suffix. Compare myriologue n. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (moirǫ·lŏdʒist) /mɔɪˈrɒlədʒɪst/.

Obsolete. rare.

In Greece: a hired mourner.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > people involved in funeral > [noun] > mourner > hired or professional

weeper1412

saulie1621

blacka1625

mourner1631

wailer1647

dismal?1710

mute1741

keener1786

howler1844

moirologist1886

1886 Q. Rev. July 215 There may be found traces, too, of Lethe..in the death ballads sung by the hired mourners... The moirologists will sing of the loneliness of the living, of the horrors of death [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	moirologist
释义	† moirologistn. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek μοιρολόγος , -ist suffix. Etymology: < Byzantine Greek μοιρολόγος prophetic (in an undated gloss; < ancient Greek μοῖρα fate, death (cognate with μέρος a part: see mero- comb. form¹) + -λόγος : see -logist comb. form) + -ist suffix. Compare myriologue n. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (moirǫ·lŏdʒist) /mɔɪˈrɒlədʒɪst/. Obsolete. rare. In Greece: a hired mourner. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > people involved in funeral > [noun] > mourner > hired or professional weeper1412 saulie1621 blacka1625 mourner1631 wailer1647 dismal?1710 mute1741 keener1786 howler1844 moirologist1886 1886 Q. Rev. July 215 There may be found traces, too, of Lethe..in the death ballads sung by the hired mourners... The moirologists will sing of the loneliness of the living, of the horrors of death [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1886
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