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单词 latewake
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latewaken.

Brit. /ˈleɪtweɪk/, U.S. /ˈleɪtˌweɪk/, Scottish English /ˈletwek/, /ˈletwɔk/
Forms: see late adj.1 and wake n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: late adj.1, wake n.1
Etymology: < late adj.1 + wake n.1, perhaps as an alteration of lyke-wake n. (compare forms at that entry).
Scottish. Now historical and rare.
= lyke-wake n.
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the world > life > death > obsequies > [noun] > vigil or wake
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watcha1325
vigilc1374
lyke-wakec1405
wake1412
latewake1667
waking1823
1667 in D. Beveridge Culross & Tulliallan (1885) I. xii. 339 Taking to consideration the great..disordour done at lait wakkis within this burgh.
1701 in R. Dinnie Acct. Parish Birse (1865) 143 The presbytries act against pypers and abuses committed at pennie bridals, latewaks, and infares.
1771 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1769 112 The Late-wake is a ceremony used at funerals.
1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles vi. xxxiv. 269 Bid Ninian's convent light their shrine, For late-wake of De Argentine.
1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xxiv. 222 The body was..removed to Mr Mutchkin's brew-house, where the lads and lassies kept the late wake.
1870 Brit. Evangelist 1 Mar. 35/3 Not long after, the old catechist and the converted sailor met at a latewake.
1911 J. M. Wood Witchcraft & Superstitious Rec. in South-western District of Scotl. 223 The custom of relatives and intimate friends being at the encoffining or 'kistin'' is to some extent associated with the ‘lykewake’ or ‘latewake’ of Roman Catholic usage.
1971 M. Bingham Scotl. under Mary Stuart 85 The bodies of the poor were buried quickly to avoid the expense of a ‘latewake’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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