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单词 blubbering
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blubberingn.

Etymology: Formed as blubber v. + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈblubbering.
The action of weeping profusely and noisily.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > noisy or profuse weeping
weeping tearsa1470
blubbering1579
blubberation1812
blubber1825
boo-hooing1841
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 220 Lamentations made at the funeralles of the dead, with blubbering, and beating them selues.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xi. 19 He was angry, and said..Cease your blubbering.
1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals vi. 156 Paroxysms of violent crying or blubbering.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

blubberingadj.

Forms: Also Middle English bloberond.
Etymology: Formed as blubber v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈblubbering.
1. Bubbling, gurgling (like a spring). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > bubbling
burblec1430
burblyc1430
burbling1528
blubberingc1540
bubbling1561
bullient1682
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9642 Till the bloberond blode blend with the rayn.
1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 25 At my feet the blubb'ring Mountaine, Weeping, melts into a Fountaine.
1863 S. Baring-Gould Iceland xxi. 363 The bottom of this is also full of little blubbering springs.
2. Shedding tears profusely (obsolete); weeping and sobbing noisily and unrestrainedly. A contemptuous expression for ‘weeping’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective] > weeping noisily or profusely
blubbering1581
bubbly1772
1581 T. Newton tr. Seneca Thebais in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 49v My trickling teares, my blubbring Eyes, may put you out of doubt.
1753 J. Collier Ess. Art of Tormenting 46 Begone out of my sight, you blubbering fool.
1862 Sat. Rev. 13 Sept. 301 The somewhat scornful astonishment which is aroused in the undeveloped English mind when it is first called upon to sympathize with the blubbering demigods of Ilium.

Derivatives

ˈblubberingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adverb]
weepingly1340
lachrymosely1828
blubberingly1835
tearfully1835
weepily1982
1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha 116 Donna Inez was called..and embraced by his right reverence most blubberingly.
1844 M. F. Tupper Crock of Gold xxv. 202 She..kept calling blubberingly for ‘Simon,—poor dear Simon’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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