wailingn.

Brit.

/ˈweɪlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈweɪlɪŋ/

Etymology: < wail v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of the verb.

ΚΠ

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxvii. 41 Than Esau..seide in his herte, The dayes of weilyng of my fader shal come, and I shal slee Jacob.

a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 7871 Michel spray mychel gradyng Michel weep mychel waylyng.

a1400 Prymer Ps. xxxviii. 8 (1895) 39 Y rorid for þe weilyng of myn herte.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. viii. 83 With dulefull scrike and waling all is confoundit.

a1533 J. Frith Mirroure (?1536) iii. sig. Bi When he sawe the shepharde so sore lamentynge, he reynde his horse & asked him the cause of his greate waylyng.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7155 Myche weping & wo, wayling of teris.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiii. 107 The..pioling of Pelicanes,..and wailing of Turtles.

1814 Ld. Byron Lara ii. xx. 1248 Her tears were few, her wailing never loud.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 26 The child is cold and hungry, and its low half-stifled wailing adds to the misery of its wretched mother.

1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands iii. 82 Our travellers proceeded to the ‘Place of Wailing’ of the Jews, who assemble every Friday to weep and pray for the restoration of their own country.

b. Often plural.

ΘΚΠ

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

a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 2360 Michel woo & grete wailynges Was made for þoo ȝongelynges.

1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. vi To seche to gete them after wyth grete wayllynges and sorow.

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall (title page) The Wailyngs of the Prophet Hieremiah, done into Englyshe verse.

1695 M. Prior Ode after Queen's Death xxiii To Earth her bended Front she bow'd, And sent her Wailings to the Skies.

1760–72 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (1809) II. xvi. 230 She again set up her wailings.

1801 W. Scott Glenfinlas in M. G. Lewis Tales of Wonder I. 127 I bade my harp's wild wailings flow.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 24 The deposed Laureate..continued to complain piteously..of the losses which he had not suffered, till at length his wailings drew forth expressions of well merited contempt from brave and honest Jacobites.

1885 Manch. Examiner 20 July 6/2 The debate..ended partly in grotesque remedies and partly in wailings of despair.

Compounds

wailing robes n. mourning garments.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > mourning

clothes, habit, weeds of dole1388

clothing of carea1400

blacka1425

mourning blacka1425

mourningc1450

weedsc1485

dolec1500

care-weed?1507

sables1603

wailing robesa1616

mournings1634

penitentials1679

dismals1748

weedery1908

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 86 Away with these disgracefull wayling Robes !

Wailing Wall n. the remaining part of the wall of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, destroyed in 70 b.c., revered by Jews as a place of prayer (also †wailing place); also transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in Middle East and Asia Minor > part of Jerusalem

Wailing Wall1878

Western Wall1899

society > faith > artefacts > land > structures of or in land > [noun] > prayer-wall

mani1818

mendang1854

prayer wall1872

Wailing Wall1878

Western Wall1899

1878 J. Fergusson Temples of Jews ii. xii. 183 The most interesting particular mentioned by the Pilgrim is the ‘Lapis Pertusus’, which was then the Wailing Place of the Jews.

1919 Q. Rev. Apr. 328 To the Jews the principal Holy Place is the Wailing Wall, the fragment of the Wall of the Temple at which the Jews perpetually mourn for their lost glories and pray for the restoration of them.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 509 Darkshawled figures of the circumcised, in sackcloth and ashes, stand by the wailing wall.

1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 212 Tin Pan Alley has become a commercialized Wailing Wall.

1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions iii. v. 945 I've just visited the Wailing Wall, and had a good cry.

1963 Daily Tel. 23 Dec. 12/2 The dividing wall [in Berlin] becomes a wailing wall at midnight each night.

1980 K. Follett Key to Rebecca xxix. 308 Today I went to the Western Wall, which is also called the Wailing Wall.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

wailingadj.

Brit.

/ˈweɪlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈweɪlɪŋ/

Etymology: < wail v. + -ing suffix².

1. That utters mournful cries.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [adjective] > wailing

wailinga1382

yammeringc1540

bewailing1623

ululating1894

ululant1896

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. ix. 17 Beholdeth, and clepeth weilende wymmen [L. lamentatrices].

c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 45 Whan for defawtynge of his hert the vtteryng of his voice beganne to breke, beholde, aforne the weylyng man seynt Barthilmewe stoid.

1744 W. Collins Song Cymbeline ii, in Epist. T. Hanmer 14 No wailing Ghost shall dare appear To vex with Shrieks this quiet Grove.

1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xviii. 172 A wailing baby, and a widow's heart, was a' he left me.

1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. vi. 42 See that every preparation is made for a royal funeral, and that the flute-players, the wailing-women..be all in readiness.

2. Of cries, words: Expressing lamentation. Of sounds: Resembling a wail.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > [adjective] > howl, wail, or whine

wailinga1577

howlinga1605

wailful1818

honing1837

wailsome1891

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [adjective] > wailing > characterized by or resembling

wailful1544

wailinga1577

bewailful1592

plangorous1593

a1577 G. Gascoigne Princelie Pleasures Kenelworth sig. C.vj^v, in Whole Wks. (1587) With wailing words and mourning notes.

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxviii. 196 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 112 No widow left to vse hir wailing voice.

1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 169 Come join, ye Nature's sturdiest bairns, My wailing numbers.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. vi. 168 I only heard..the wailing and prolonged sound of their trumpets.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 112 Through the gaps..the wind rushed with a loud, wild, wailing sound.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 274 Chanting, as they went, a shrill wailing dirge.

Derivatives

ˈwailingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [adverb] > wailingly

wailfully1611

wailingly1836

bewailingly1862

1836 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens (1837) II. 37 The wide earth echoes wailingly.

1848 S. Carter Midnight Effusions 216 Now tremulous and wailingly Its liquid notes are rushing.

1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 159 She sang the song of Dixie, sorrowfully, wailingly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wailing
释义	wailingn. Brit. /ˈweɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈweɪlɪŋ/ Etymology: < wail v. + -ing suffix¹. a. The action of the verb. ΚΠ 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xxvii. 41 Than Esau..seide in his herte, The dayes of weilyng of my fader shal come, and I shal slee Jacob. a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 7871 Michel spray mychel gradyng Michel weep mychel waylyng. a1400 Prymer Ps. xxxviii. 8 (1895) 39 Y rorid for þe weilyng of myn herte. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. viii. 83 With dulefull scrike and waling all is confoundit. a1533 J. Frith Mirroure (?1536) iii. sig. Bi When he sawe the shepharde so sore lamentynge, he reynde his horse & asked him the cause of his greate waylyng. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7155 Myche weping & wo, wayling of teris. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiii. 107 The..pioling of Pelicanes,..and wailing of Turtles. 1814 Ld. Byron Lara ii. xx. 1248 Her tears were few, her wailing never loud. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 26 The child is cold and hungry, and its low half-stifled wailing adds to the misery of its wretched mother. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands iii. 82 Our travellers proceeded to the ‘Place of Wailing’ of the Jews, who assemble every Friday to weep and pray for the restoration of their own country. b. Often plural. ΘΚΠ 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 a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 2360 Michel woo & grete wailynges Was made for þoo ȝongelynges. 1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. vi To seche to gete them after wyth grete wayllynges and sorow. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall (title page) The Wailyngs of the Prophet Hieremiah, done into Englyshe verse. 1695 M. Prior Ode after Queen's Death xxiii To Earth her bended Front she bow'd, And sent her Wailings to the Skies. 1760–72 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (1809) II. xvi. 230 She again set up her wailings. 1801 W. Scott Glenfinlas in M. G. Lewis Tales of Wonder I. 127 I bade my harp's wild wailings flow. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xi. 24 The deposed Laureate..continued to complain piteously..of the losses which he had not suffered, till at length his wailings drew forth expressions of well merited contempt from brave and honest Jacobites. 1885 Manch. Examiner 20 July 6/2 The debate..ended partly in grotesque remedies and partly in wailings of despair. Compounds wailing robes n. mourning garments.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > for specific purpose > mourning clothes, habit, weeds of dole1388 clothing of carea1400 blacka1425 mourning blacka1425 mourningc1450 weedsc1485 dolec1500 care-weed?1507 sables1603 wailing robesa1616 mournings1634 penitentials1679 dismals1748 weedery1908 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 86 Away with these disgracefull wayling Robes ! View more context for this quotation Wailing Wall n. the remaining part of the wall of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, destroyed in 70 b.c., revered by Jews as a place of prayer (also †wailing place); also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in Middle East and Asia Minor > part of Jerusalem Wailing Wall1878 Western Wall1899 society > faith > artefacts > land > structures of or in land > [noun] > prayer-wall mani1818 mendang1854 prayer wall1872 Wailing Wall1878 Western Wall1899 1878 J. Fergusson Temples of Jews ii. xii. 183 The most interesting particular mentioned by the Pilgrim is the ‘Lapis Pertusus’, which was then the Wailing Place of the Jews. 1919 Q. Rev. Apr. 328 To the Jews the principal Holy Place is the Wailing Wall, the fragment of the Wall of the Temple at which the Jews perpetually mourn for their lost glories and pray for the restoration of them. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 509 Darkshawled figures of the circumcised, in sackcloth and ashes, stand by the wailing wall. 1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 212 Tin Pan Alley has become a commercialized Wailing Wall. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions iii. v. 945 I've just visited the Wailing Wall, and had a good cry. 1963 Daily Tel. 23 Dec. 12/2 The dividing wall [in Berlin] becomes a wailing wall at midnight each night. 1980 K. Follett Key to Rebecca xxix. 308 Today I went to the Western Wall, which is also called the Wailing Wall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wailingadj. Brit. /ˈweɪlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈweɪlɪŋ/ Etymology: < wail v. + -ing suffix². 1. That utters mournful cries. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [adjective] > wailing wailinga1382 yammeringc1540 bewailing1623 ululating1894 ululant1896 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. ix. 17 Beholdeth, and clepeth weilende wymmen [L. lamentatrices]. c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 45 Whan for defawtynge of his hert the vtteryng of his voice beganne to breke, beholde, aforne the weylyng man seynt Barthilmewe stoid. 1744 W. Collins Song Cymbeline ii, in Epist. T. Hanmer 14 No wailing Ghost shall dare appear To vex with Shrieks this quiet Grove. 1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xviii. 172 A wailing baby, and a widow's heart, was a' he left me. 1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. vi. 42 See that every preparation is made for a royal funeral, and that the flute-players, the wailing-women..be all in readiness. 2. Of cries, words: Expressing lamentation. Of sounds: Resembling a wail. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > [adjective] > howl, wail, or whine wailinga1577 howlinga1605 wailful1818 honing1837 wailsome1891 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [adjective] > wailing > characterized by or resembling wailful1544 wailinga1577 bewailful1592 plangorous1593 a1577 G. Gascoigne Princelie Pleasures Kenelworth sig. C.vj^v, in Whole Wks. (1587) With wailing words and mourning notes. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxviii. 196 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 112 No widow left to vse hir wailing voice. 1793 R. Burns Poems (ed. 2) II. 169 Come join, ye Nature's sturdiest bairns, My wailing numbers. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. vi. 168 I only heard..the wailing and prolonged sound of their trumpets. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 112 Through the gaps..the wind rushed with a loud, wild, wailing sound. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 274 Chanting, as they went, a shrill wailing dirge. Derivatives ˈwailingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > cry of grief > [adverb] > wailingly wailfully1611 wailingly1836 bewailingly1862 1836 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens (1837) II. 37 The wide earth echoes wailingly. 1848 S. Carter Midnight Effusions 216 Now tremulous and wailingly Its liquid notes are rushing. 1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 159 She sang the song of Dixie, sorrowfully, wailingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1382adj.a1382
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