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单词 ululation
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ululationn.

Brit. /ʌljʊˈleɪʃən/, /juː(l)jʊˈleɪʃən/, U.S. /ˌju(l)jəˈleɪʃən/, /ˌəljəˈleɪʃən/
Etymology: < Latin ululātiōn-, ululātio, noun of action < ululāre : see ululate v. So obsolete French ululation, -acion.
1. A howl or wail; a cry of lamentation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun]
reameOE
ropeOE
greeta1325
yammer?a1513
plangor1567
ululation1599
howla1616
vagit1630
knell1647
pillaloo1785
whillaloo1790
ullagone1819
ululu1834
wail1863
1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction sig. Ov Scilla,..with her vncouth and lowd barking and howling, make[s] the waters thereabout resound with an incredible report and eccho of such her strange vlulations.
1606 T. Dekker Newes from Hell sig. F2 What tongue is able to relate the grones and vlulations of a wretch so distressed?
1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. xii. 191 They did by instinct break forth into the sacred ululations of the God.
1689 R. Cox Hibernia Anglicana: Pt. 1 Apparatus sig. l2 They bury their Dead with great Ululations or Allelews.
1812 G. Colman Poet. Vagaries 110 Again the horns were fill'd by all, And ululations shook the Hall.
1854 T. De Quincey On Murder (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 100 The ululation of vengeance which ascended instantaneously from the individual street.
1856 F. E. Paget Owlet of Owlstone Edge 169 Master Maximilian checked his ululations.
1881 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 341 The women..burst forth in a shrill scream, with a quaver or ululation resembling the note of the screech-owl.
2. The action of howling or wailing.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > wail or howl
yowlinga1225
yei?a1289
yollinga1300
howling1490
yowl?a1513
yawling1568
blayinga1586
whewling1609
howla1616
vagitusa1651
ululation?1799
gowl1805
waul1856
wow1862
whoo1891
blarting1898
ululance1951
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [noun] > wailing
reameOE
woningc950
reminga1200
wailinga1400
bewailing1485
howling1490
yammer?a1513
wailc1540
wailment1593
bewailment1607
ejulationa1620
alleleu1689
yammering1705
ululation?1799
waly-walying1821
?1799 S. T. Coleridge Mahomet 11 The people with mad shouts Thundering now, and now with saddest ululation Flew.
1848 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 1st Ser. ix. 121 The laborers..are heard to shout from behind the scenes in a singular tone resembling ululation.
1886 A. C. Swinburne Misc. 98 Who uttered in public or in private such high-pitched notes of ululation and imprecation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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