whillaloon.int.v.
/ˈwɪləluː/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪləˌlu/, Irish English /ˈ(h)wɪləluː/ dialect.
A cry or song of lamentation; an outcry, uproar, hubbub. Also as int.v. intransitive. Cf. pillaloo int. and n.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > outcry or clamour
reamOE
ropeOE
brack?c1200
utas1202
hootinga1225
berec1225
noise?c1225
ludea1275
cryc1275
gredingc1275
boastc1300
utasa1325
huec1330
outcrya1382
exclamation1382
ascry1393
spraya1400
clamourc1405
shoutingc1405
scry1419
rumourc1425
motion?a1439
bemec1440
harrowc1440
shout1487
songa1500
brunt1523
ditec1540
uproar1544
clamouring1548
outrage1548
hubbub1555
racket1565
succlamation1566
rear1567
outcrying1569
bellowing1579
brawl1581
hue and cry1584
exclaiming1585
exclaim1587
sanctus1594
hubbaboo1596
oyez1597
conclamation1627
sputter1673
rout1684
dirduma1693
hallalloo1737
yelloching1773
pillaloo1785
whillaloo1790
vocitation1819
blue murder1828
blaring1837
shilloo1842
shillooing1845
pillalooing1847
shriek1929
yammering1937
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [interjection]
whillaloo1790
yoop1847
yarooh1909
uszza1913
yeow1924
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
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > lament, elegy, or dirge
threne?a1475
elegy?1521
deploration1537
coronach1559
dirge1568
requiem1578
monodia1594
threnos1601
threnody1634
monody1645
lament1698
caoine1707
whillaloo1790
keen1830
tangi1836
threnode1858
commos1879
1663 R. Head Hic et Ubique i. vi. 18 Enter Patrick crying..Fuillilaloo!]
1790 J. Fisher Poems Var. Subj. 65 She's sleeping now! Yet wakens wi' a greeting eye, An' whilly lou.
1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 10 Then such a fine whillaluh! you might have heard it to the farthest end of the county.
1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent Gloss. p. xxii The declining taste for the Ullaloo in Ireland.
1820 J. Hogg Winter Evening Tales I. 162 What whillilu is that, Thou keep'st a trilling at?
1841 C. J. Lever Charles O'Malley lxxx And sure I set up a whillilew myself.
1899 S. MacManus In Chimney Corners 189 Nanny sitting in the chimney corner whillilew-ing and pillillew-ing, crying the very eyes out of her head.
1977 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Apr. 480/4 All those uncles trailing their coats and shouting whillaloo and clear the way.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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