† ejulationn.
Obsolete.
Wailing, lamentation.
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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
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. xv. §2. 156 It should be lamented, with this pitifull eiulation.
1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling Pref. sig. a7v What ejulations can be bitter or loud enough.
1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 85 With dismal groans and Ejulations in the pangs of death.
1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. ; and in mod. Dicts.
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