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uluˈlu
Also u-lu-lu, ulalu, ul-ul-loo, ululalu.
[Imitative. Cf. dial. whillilew, whillaloo, Ir. Gael. uileliúgh.]
A wailing cry; a wail of lamentation.
1834Knickerbocker IV. 15 Well may they raise the ul-ul-loo. 1854Thoreau Walden, Sounds (1884) 135 When other birds are still the screech owls take up the strain, like mourning women their ancient u-lu-lu. a1873Mrs. Spofford in Casquet of Lit. (1873) IV. 13/2, I raised such a ululu that presently mother took me in hand again severely. 1889W. B. Yeats Wanderings of Oisin 80, I must away by wood and sea And lift an ulalu forlorn And fling my laughter to the sun. a1955W. Stevens Opus Posthumous (1957) 26 ‘Olu’ the eunuchs cried. ‘Ululalu.’ |