yaw-yawv.
/ˈjɔːˈjɔː/ 1. To say ‘yaw! yaw!’; to talk affectedly.
ΘΠ
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > speak in a particular manner [verb (intransitive)] > affectedly or mincingly
knack1691
mince1807
yaw-yaw1854
1854 C. Dickens Hard Times ii. ii. 147 They liked fine gentlemen... They became exhausted in imitation of them; and they yaw-yawed in their speech like them.
2. To utter inarticulate cries resembling the syllables ‘yaw, yaw’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound (of jackal)
yaw-yaw1885
1885 W. T. Hornaday Two Years in Jungle vi. 63 The jackals..broke out into a perfect concert of agonized yelping and yaw-yawing.
Derivatives
yawyawdom n. an affected expression.Apparently an isolated use.
ΘΠ
the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > affected language or expression
yawyawdom1862
1862 C. Dickens in R. C. Lehmann C. D. as Editor (1912) 319 The word ‘shindy’, or any similar yaw-yawdom.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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