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Definition of welkin in English: welkinnoun ˈwɛlkɪnˈwɛlkən literary The sky or heaven. Example sentencesExamples - When the welkin had ceased to ring with their laughter and screeches, it was customary to join forces and proceed arm-in-arm to spend the evening in the town.
- The loud noise of rushing elephants resembled the roars of the clouds in the welkin, in the season of rains.
Phrases literary Make a very loud sound. the crew made the welkin ring with their hurrahs Example sentencesExamples - Mark and his companions made the welkin ring with their shouts at the old man's answer.
- A large crowd was on the piers to witness her departure, and they made the welkin ring with their cheers.
- For almost two hours, dignified doctors made the welkin ring with catcalls, boos, and cries of ‘Sit down!’
- After the compromise was agreed to, the honest patriots of the country made the welkin ring with rejoicings, under the belief that it implied non-intervention in its broadest sense.
Origin Old English wolcen 'cloud, sky', of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch wolk and German Wolke. loft from Old English: In Old English loft meant ‘air, sky’ as well as what was up in the air, an upper room. It comes from Old Norse, and shares a Germanic root with lift (Old English). Sky (Middle English) was also a borrowing from Scandinavian and originally meant ‘cloud’. The word was applied to a shade of blue in the mid 17th century; the phrase out of a clear blue sky, for something as unexpected as rain or thunder out of such a sky, made its appearance towards the end of the 19th century; the sky's the limit dates from the 1920s. When Anglo-Saxons wanted to talk about the sky they could also use the word wolcen, welkin in modern English, but now only used in the expression to make the welkin ring.
Definition of welkin in US English: welkinnounˈwelkənˈwɛlkən literary The sky or heaven. Example sentencesExamples - The loud noise of rushing elephants resembled the roars of the clouds in the welkin, in the season of rains.
- When the welkin had ceased to ring with their laughter and screeches, it was customary to join forces and proceed arm-in-arm to spend the evening in the town.
Phrases literary Make a very loud sound. the crew made the welkin ring with its hurrahs Example sentencesExamples - For almost two hours, dignified doctors made the welkin ring with catcalls, boos, and cries of ‘Sit down!’
- A large crowd was on the piers to witness her departure, and they made the welkin ring with their cheers.
- After the compromise was agreed to, the honest patriots of the country made the welkin ring with rejoicings, under the belief that it implied non-intervention in its broadest sense.
- Mark and his companions made the welkin ring with their shouts at the old man's answer.
Origin Old English wolcen ‘cloud, sky’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch wolk and German Wolke. |