moann.

Brit.

/məʊn/, U.S.

/moʊn/

Forms: Middle English man, Middle English mane, Middle English mon, Middle English moyn, Middle English moyne, Middle English–1500s moon, Middle English–1500s moone, Middle English–1600s moane, Middle English–1600s (1800s– (English regional (north-western))) mone, Middle English– moan; Scottish pre-1700 maine, pre-1700 man, pre-1700 mayn, pre-1700 mayne, pre-1700 mon, pre-1700 1700s– main, pre-1700 1700s– mane, pre-1700 1700s– moan, pre-1700 1800s– mone, 1700s–1800s (1900s– (Shetland)) maen, 1800s moyen (rare).

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps the reflex of an unattested Old English noun corresponding to mean v.² Perhaps further related to mean v.¹ (for formal correspondence compare Old Frisian mēne , Old High German meina opinion). Old English mān (strong neuter) ‘wickedness’ (see man n.²) is apparently unrelated, although its cognate Old Icelandic mein also has the sense ‘hurt’. Compare mean n.²In Scots this word, when pronounced /men/, has merged with mean n.² (see Scots forms s.v.). In sense 2 perhaps partly imitative. Sc. National Dict. explains the 19th-cent. Scots form moyen as having arisen through confusion with moyen n.¹

a. Lamentation, complaint; an instance of this. Frequently in to make (one's) moan: to lament, grieve, complain. Also in extended use. Now chiefly Scottish.In recent use coloured by association with sense 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [noun]

carea1000

sorrowingOE

meaninga1200

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imploration1607

pother1638

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moanification1827

dolence1861

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [noun] > instance or act of lamenting

moan?c1225

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tangi1836

Jobism1855

wail1867

rune1922

vigil1956

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief [verb (reflexive)] > bewail one's lot

bemoanc1220

to make (one's) moan?c1225

moan1642

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 306 Ladlich þing is..hwen me makeð itune man [a1250 Nero mone] of ancres achte.

a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 46 (MED) Þe sorie soule atte dom makit hire mon..‘Awei, wrechede bodi!’

c1300 St. Katherine (Harl.) 140 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S.-Eng. Legendary (1956) 538 (MED) Hi þane deþ for Godes loue afonge wiþoute mone.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 149^v The kite haþ a voys of pleynynge and of mone.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 16865 (MED) Noiþer þai gaf man, ne tok emsample gode þar-bi.

?a1425 (?c1350) Northern Passion (Rawl.) 3372 (MED) Sone þai saw þe aungell bryght..restand on þe graue stane Omang þam, als þai made þair mane.

c1480 (a1400) St. Nicholas 1137 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 513 Þane in his hart he mad mayne & sichit sare.

a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. ii. sig. A.iiij Of loue I make my mone.

1572 in D. Digges Compl. Ambassador (1655) 343 There is very great moan made for the loss of Monsieur D'Candales.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iii. 29 Marke the moane she makes.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 550 Hov'ring about the Coasts they make their Moan; And cuff the Cliffs with Pinions not their own.

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 19 A Carpenter..made such pitiful Moan to be taken in.

1745 Scots Mag. June 274 To bare our hearts, and tell you a' our mane.

1841 C. Gray Lays 89 Wha daur complain, or mak a mane.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Miller's Daughter (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 104 And oft I heard the tender dove In firry woodlands making moan.

1853 T. T. Lynch Lect. Self-improvem. vi. 135 The moan of the idle about circumstance.

1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxiii. 159 In Henry's days the people made their moan that they were ground down.

1891 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 22 Whin I wis ill an makkin maen, Shü gae, ta richt me, ‘sinnie’.

1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers ii. 35 ‘Needn't make a moan of it,’ put in Mrs. Morel. She hated her husband because..he whined and played for sympathy.

1933 M. Symon Deveron Days 5 When the kingie dee'd ae Lammas mirk, His fowk made muckel mane.

1975 A. Deyell My Shetland 63 ‘We baith heard hit.’ ‘Heard what?’ said I. ‘A woman makin mane.’

1992 Harper's Mag. Sept. 11/1 Every now and then one of the Republican voices of conscience..makes public moan in the newspapers about the decay of manners and the loss of virtue.

†b. A request, prayer, or entreaty. Frequently in to make one's moan: to entreat. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > entreaties

moana1325

instances1647

urgencies1823

a1325 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 29 (MED) Milde quene of heuene..To þe i mene mi mone, i preie þou her mi steuene, Ne let me neuere deie in none of þe sennes seuene.

a1350 (?c1280) Prol. Conception Mary (Ashm.) 60 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 68 (MED) Here mone was deol to ihure; ne gamede hem no gle.

c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 467 (MED) To Neptenabus she seiþ hire mone, And askeþ what hire be to done.

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iv. 950 To the pitouse goddes..he preyed and made his mone To doon hym sone out of this world to pace.

a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 3129 A mone I herd of mercy meve And to me, Mercy, gan crye and call.

a1500 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Lamb.) (1969) 48 (MED) Kyng Arthure..J am come oute of fer contre My mone to make to the.

1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. ii. Chancerie §145 Unto whom your said Oratrices husband, for the vicinity of bloud, and abilitie of substance, was bolder to make his mone for helpe.

1726 H. Baker 2nd Pt. Orig. Poems 44 When to her I make my Moan, She's harder than the hardest Stone.

1878 J. Ingelow One Hundred Holy Songs 134 To Thee, O Lord, I make my moan, Save not, O save not me alone.

†c. A state of lamentation; grief, sorrow. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun] > state or condition of

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woeOE

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tristfulness1847

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [noun] > condition or quality of lamenting

moanc1390

plainfulnessa1586

mournfulness1633

plaintiveness1747

c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 126 (MED) A-wey wol wende boþe Murþe and moon.

?a1430 Compleynte Virgin (Huntington) l. 105 in Minor Poems T. Hoccleve (1970) i. 3 Sone, if thow haddist a fadir lyuynge..That were a greet abreggynge of my mone.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 692 With dulfull mayn retorned thir men of wer.

a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 126 Behald my mayne and mwrning merualous.

1560 T. Ingelend Disobedient Child G iij Thou maiest learne what griefe, sorowe and mone, Socrates had with Xantippa his wyfe.

1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. G Twould kil my soule to leaue thee drownd in mone.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iii. 43 Thy mirth shall turne to moane .

1645 J. Milton Epit. Marchioness of Winchester in Poems 25 Here be tears of perfect moan Weept for thee in Helicon.

a. A long, low, inarticulate sound made by a person expressing mental or physical suffering or (in later use also) pleasure; a similar sound produced by an animal.Generally suggestive of a sound less harsh and deep than a groan, with which it is often collocated in late Modern English use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > moaning or groaning > [noun]

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bemoaningc1300

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granking1807

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > moan or groan

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1599 R. Roche Eustathia sig. A8 Many a deepe set groane, Of such as murthred, yeelde the ghost and die, From wounded lungs, yeelding a hollow moane.

1609 T. Ravenscroft Pammelia sig. E3^v I heard a maid making great mone with sobs and sighes, & many a grieuous moan.

1673 J. Milton Sonnets xv, in Poems (new ed.) 59 Avenge O Lord thy slaughter'd Saints... Their moans The Vales redoubl'd to the Hills.

1684 A. Behn Voy. to Isle of Love 64 in Poems Several Occasions Here swims a thousand Swans, whose doleful moan Sing dying Lovers Requiems with their own.

1713 A. Pope Ode Musick 4 Sullen Moans, Hollow Groans, And Cries of tortur'd Ghosts!

1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 228 When the long-ear'd, milky mothers..For their defrauded, absent foals..make a moan so loud, that all the Guild awake.

1789 W. Blake Cradle Song in Songs of Innocence Sweet moans, dovelike sighs.

1832 J. Bree St. Herbert's Isle 163 'Tween the screech of the owl and the moon dog's moan.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Boadicea 25 Phantom sound of blows descending, moan of an enemy massacred.

1912 D. McKie Fables frae French 63 He wrang his han's; he wusht that he was deid! Ane passin' by,..Said ‘Freen, what's causin' a' yer wearie manes?’

1935 M. M. Atwater Murder in Midsummer viii. 72 The nurse..thought her patient should have waked up to tears and moans.

1975 H. Acton Nancy Mitford v. 68 Her voice was a musical sigh when it was not a gentle moan.

1991–2 Opera Q. Winter 30 There are some extramusical noises—coughs, page turns, and moans of ecstasy from the conductor.

b. In extended use: a long, low, plaintive sound produced by wind, water, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > [noun]

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requiem1635

knell1647

moan1730

plaint1730

complaining1735

1730 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons 195 The brawling brook, And cave, presageful, send a hollow moan.

1807 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 61 The Stream that flows out of the Lake..Repeats a moan o'er moss and stone.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art lxii, in Poems (new ed.) 88 [He] hears the low Moan of an unknown sea.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 211 The moan of the adjacent pines chimed in noble harmony.

1897 J. Conrad Nigger of ‘Narcissus’ iii. 43 They were sheltered..from the wind that rushed in one long unbroken moan above their heads.

1916 J. Fergus Sodger 27 An' whiles the wind will fley me sair By giein' an uncanny mane.

1941 P. Larkin Let. 31 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 29 Harsh cries & moans issue through the bell of his trumpet in a really incredible manner.

1986 B. Geldof Is that It? iv. 41 I lay there..listening to the boom and moan of the lighthouse foghorns up and down the coast.

3. British colloquial (originally Services' slang). The act of airing a complaint or grievance; (later also) a complaint or grumble, esp. one perceived as trivial and not to be taken seriously. Frequently in to have a moan: to grumble or complain.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint

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complaintc1385

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grutchc1460

plainc1475

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1911 ‘Guns Q.F.C.’ & ‘Phyl Theeluker’ Middle Watch Musings 12 ‘Guard and Steerage 'ammicks, Sir!’ I wake up with a groan; Why can't I sleep till 7 a.m.? Once more I had a moan.

1927 Daily Express 5 Oct. 3/4 The midshipmen fling their moanful forms into chairs, and one says:—‘Come on, you chaps, let's have a moan!’

1942 ‘Duggie’ in A. S. Forbes & H. R. Allen Ten Fighter Boys 20 We all had a moan to the C.O. about it, and he in turn was in full agreement.

1969 Woman 19 Apr. 20/1 That old moan: ‘You'll be sorry when I've gone’.

1974 Times 6 Apr. 14/8 It's the one moan I have about international rugby. There ought..to be referees from neutral countries.

1991 Incentive Today Oct. 65/2 Inevitably there were one or two moans such as ‘it's a long walk round to the entrance’.

Compounds

General attributive.

† moan-making n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A complaint, a moane-making.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

moanv.

Brit.

/məʊn/, U.S.

/moʊn/

Forms: Middle English manes (3rd singular present indicative), Middle English mon, Middle English moone, Middle English nomen (transmission error), Middle English–1600s mone, 1500s–1600s moane, 1500s– moan, 1600s monneth (3rd singular present indicative); English regional 1800s– maen (north-western), 1800s– mant (Lancashire) (past tense), 1800s– mone (north-western); Scottish pre-1700 1700s– main, pre-1700 1800s– mone, 1700s– maen, 1700s– mane.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: moan n.

Etymology: < moan n.: see discussion at that entry. Compare earlier mean v.² and bemoan v.In Scots this word, when pronounced /men/, has merged with mean v.² (see Scots forms s.v.). In sense 1a, sometimes difficult to distinguish < mone v.

a. transitive. To complain of, lament; to bemoan, bewail. Now rare.Formerly also: †to mourn or lament for (a dead person) (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief for [verb (transitive)]

sorroweOE

meaneOE

bemournOE

mournOE

bemoanc1000

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moana1325

plain1340

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complainc1374

waymenta1400

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pine1667

rave1810

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 180 He pine man wid sorwe and dred, And don h[i]m [MS hem]monen his sinfulhed.

1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 104 Thou monest multipliyng of so many freris.

1537 J. Husee Let. 2 July in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/4/77) f. 96 Therle of Northumberland is ded and lytle monyd, the lorde Darcy suffrid on saturday last past.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxviij^v Their fall was litle moned emong wise men.

1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. K.i And yet with more delite to mone my wofull case.

1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. iii. sig. K.iij^v His friendes mourned, and many moned his strange alteration.

1605 J. Stow Annales (new ed.) 780 This man was greatly moaned of the people.

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 49 Doth not every man moan the scantness of his lot?

1749 T. Smollett Regicide iii. ii. 35 The sick Wretch who moan'd the tedious Night.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xi. 232 Na, na, I maun never mane [1829 maen] doing and suffering for the Countess Joscelin.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xiv. 116 She..bitterly moaned the fickleness of her Matilda.

1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew xxii. Introd. David foremaist, an' Chryst ahin him, baith maen fu' sair the mislipp'nin o' God i' their ain day o' dule.

1983 Spectator 11 June 8/3 It is near the birthplace of AJP Taylor, the historian, who moans the fact that, though Lancashire-born, he now has to describe himself as a native of ‘Merseyside’.

†b. transitive (reflexive). To complain, lament; to appeal to. Cf. mean v.² 3a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief [verb (reflexive)] > bewail one's lot

bemoanc1220

to make (one's) moan?c1225

moan1642

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 2344 (MED) Ho þat ne wol bi conseil dan, som tyme hym schal mone.

?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 68 (MED) Þei hirten myche sorer þan þei were aforn as þe Lord moneþ him bi þe prophet Ieremye.

1548 T. Cranmer Catechismus sig. Tiv^v God hath commaunded us to..mone ourselues to him in all our troubles and aduersities.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 48 You should rouze up yourselves and moan yourselves to the Lord.

1686 T. Flatman Poems & Songs 63 A vertuous Man..Sometimes within a leaking Vessel tost, All hopes of life, and the lov'd shore quite lost..Moaning himself [etc.].

a. intransitive. To lament, grieve. Frequently with of, for, over. Now chiefly Scottish and poetic.In recent use coloured by association with sense 4.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief [verb (intransitive)]

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meaneOE

careOE

mournOE

ofthink?c1225

to make sorrow?c1250

to make languorc1300

bemoanc1305

plainc1325

moanc1330

wailc1330

waymentc1350

complainc1374

to make syte?a1400

sweam14..

lamentc1515

bemournc1540

regratec1550

to sing sol-fa, sorrow, woe1573

condole1598

passion1598

deplore1632

ochone1829

rune1832

c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 468 (MED) He & Herhaud..Michel han destrud our lawe, Þat euer-more mon y may.

c1400 ( Canticum Creatione l. 95 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 125 Go we sorwen & nomen [read monen]..In his siȝt þat vs wroȝte.

c1440 (a1400) Sir Eglamour (Thornton) (1965) 1011 (MED) Alle þat were sembled..He gafe þam for to lyfe appone, For Cristabelle saule to mone.

a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 95 (MED) Then sche be-gan for to wagge and mone and for to crye with as many voycis as there were spiritis with-yn hure.

1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) i. pr. v. 15 Of our complaynt [thou] haste moned [L. doluisti], & bewaylde the wrack of estymations Loste.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. G4 Let there bechaunce him pitifull mischances, To make him mone .

1650 Sc. Metrical Psalms cii. 6 I like an owl in desert am, that nightly there doth moan.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. 100 Still as I spoke, the Phantom seem'd to moan, Tear follow'd tear, and groan succeeded groan.

1842 Ld. Tennyson May Queen (new ed.) Concl. xiv, in Poems (new ed.) I. 173 And what is life, that we should moan?

1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 167 Its nae sma' loss that makes us mane, An' wear the weed.

1856 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) iv. 211 We listen to the fierce Achilles moaning for his lost mistress.

1894 ‘M. Twain’ Pudd'nhead Wilson xiv. 184 His joy collapsed utterly, and he turned away and moped toward the door moaning and lamenting over the bitterness of his luck.

1928 T. T. Alexander Psalms 9 My soul, hoo can ye murn and maen?

†b. transitive. To cause to lament; to sadden or grieve. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > be sorry or grieved at [verb (transitive)] > sadden or grieve

rueOE

grieve?c1225

teen1340

moana1425

contrist1490

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sad1578

ensorrow1593

contristate1616

tristitiate1628

dolea1637

endolour1884

a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) 93 (MED) Bi grete God..Na mare manes me þi flyt Þan it war a flies byt.

1614 G. Chapman Free & Offenceles Justif. sig. **3 My faire condition mones them.

a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Faire Maide of Inne v. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggggggg2/2 And yet my wife (which infinitly moanes me) Intends [etc.].

3. transitive. To condole with (a person); to pity. Cf. mean v.² 1b, 1c. Now Scottish and Irish English.In quot. 1891 used as a postmodifying non-finite clause with the sense ‘to be pitied’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity for [verb (transitive)] > sympathize with > express sympathy with

moan1581

condole1588

collachrymate1593

commiserate1598

condolea1603

sympathize1748

1581 T. Lupton 2nd Pt. Too Good to be True sig. R1^v He that is defrauded, shall be rather mocked than moned.

1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. viii. xiv. 361 If this miserie had fallen but vpon them onely that made this composition, they had not been greatly to be moned.

1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant iii. i. 30 Non. What! Does he take no pity on me? Const. Prithee moane him Isabelle.

1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 41 He's no' to maen! He's at the stage The table-laund o' middle age.

1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 187/1 I don't moan ye, said to a person who complains of what he has got and who, in the opinion of the speaker, has got enough.

1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 225/1 I don't moan you a hair.

a. intransitive. To make a long, low, inarticulate sound indicative of mental or physical suffering or (in later use also) pleasure; to utter a moan or moans. Of an animal: to produce a similar sound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > moan or groan

groan7..

grunt1340

grenta1387

grintc1386

moanc1700

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > moaning or groaning > moan or groan [verb (intransitive)]

groan7..

yomer971

woneOE

quaina1400

croaka1500

granka1500

moan1798

c1700 W. Thomson Orpheus Caled. (1725) 40 She main'd and she grain'd out of Dollor and pain, Till he vow'd that he ne'er wou'd see me again.

1798 W. Wordsworth We are Seven in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 113 In bed she moaning lay.

1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iii. ii. 54 The housedog moans, and the beams crack.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. x. 245 The King..throwing himself on the bed..passionately moaned, shedding abundant tears.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 119 Mother, who o'er that child moan'd desperate, all heartbroken.

1927 A. C. Parker Indian How Bk. v. lii. 236 He would make us think there was..some mysterious monster moaning under the ground.

1943 G. Greene Ministry of Fear i. iii. 55 The voice moaned away into silence.

1965 ‘S. d'Estrée’ tr. ‘P. Réage’ Story of O i. 41 Slowly and in short spasms which made her moan, the lad plunged.

1991 Sunday Times 8 Sept. 8/3 Meher Baba..would communicate in faultless English..and whenever Pascal came near, moan with allowable soft laughter.

b. intransitive. In extended use: (esp. of wind, water, etc.) to make a long, low, plaintive sound.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > mournful or plaintive [verb (intransitive)]

knella1400

plaina1425

mourna1522

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moan1805

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1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. xii. 17 She sits..And listens to a heavy sound, That moans the mossy turrets round.

1851 C. Kingsley in Christian Socialist 11 Oct. 239/1 For men must work..Though the harbour bar be moaning.

1902 A. B. Davidson Called of God x. 267 You hear..the forests moan.

1932 W. D. Cocker Poems 125 He says the bogle's juist the win' that through the bour-tree maens.

1959 E. Connell Mrs Bridge xiv. 94 The rain blew softly against the windowpanes, shutters rattled and above the front door the tin weather stripping began to moan.

1987 C. Thubron Behind Wall iii. 77 A ship's siren moaned out of the haze.

5. transitive. To utter with a moan or moans, or in a moaning voice. Frequently with direct speech as object.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > moan or groan

groan1609

under-groan?1611

droula1670

moan1820

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > moaning or groaning > bemoan [verb (transitive)] > utter with moans or groans

bemoan1393

groan1609

droula1670

moan1820

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 100 Fair Madeline began to weep, And moan forth witless words.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Dirge in Posthumous Poems (1824) 219 Rough wind, that moanest loud Grief too sad for song.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 231 And in herself she moan'd ‘Too late, too late!’

1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 75 Melodious moaned the other ‘Dying day with dolphin-hues.’

1937 Life 1 Nov. 120/3 Couple after worshipful couple..gathered enraptured before the bandstand or sat at tables moaning their appreciation of the hottest passages.

1961 A. Hosain Sunlight on Broken Column i. ii. 22 Aunt Majida wiped her eyes..and moaned, ‘Oh what a miserable, ill-fated woman am I!’

1991 N.Y. Times 24 Nov. ii. 44/1 In ‘Jam’,..he moans his words ahead of the beat, adding to the song's rhythmic tension.

6. intransitive. colloquial (chiefly British, originally Services' slang). To grumble or complain, typically about something trivial. Frequently with about. Also transitive, with clause as object.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]

murkeOE

misspeakOE

yomer971

chidea1000

murkenOE

grutch?c1225

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musea1382

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flitec1400

pinea1425

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channerc1480

grunch1487

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chunter1599

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maunder1622

orp1634

objurgate1642

pitter1672

yelp1706

yammer1794

natter1804

murgeon1808

groan1816

squawk1875

jower1879

grouse1887

beef1888

to whip the cat1892

holler1904

yip1907

peeve1912

grouch1916

nark1916

to sound off1918

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crib1925

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bitch1930

gripe1932

bind1942

drip1942

kvetchc1950

to rag on1979

wrinch2011

a1922 T. S. Eliot Waste Land Drafts (1971) 57 So this injurious race was sullen, and kicked; Complained too of the ship... So the crew moaned.

1924 T. E. Hulme in H. Read Speculations 126 I object to the sloppiness which doesn't consider that a poem is a poem unless it is moaning or whining about something or other.

1948 Landfall 2 112 He felt through his pockets for a cigarette, found a butt and lit it. Why moan?

1971 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 3 Apr. 5/8 We shall develop a persecution complex and go round moaning that we are misunderstood.

1989 J. Winterson Sexing Cherry (1991) 137 Stupid woman's camping by some tiny river in the middle of nowhere and moaning on about the mercury levels.

2014 M. Poland Keeper iv. 38 I didn't moan when she didn't clean the house or cook a proper meal. I let her be.

Derivatives

† moaned adj. Obsolete rare lamented.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamented

moaned1471

wailed1562

lamented1611

1471 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 438 There was kyllyd vppon the felde..Syr Omffrey Bowghshere off owre contre, whyche is a sore moonyd man here.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	moan
释义	moann. Brit. /məʊn/, U.S. /moʊn/ Forms: Middle English man, Middle English mane, Middle English mon, Middle English moyn, Middle English moyne, Middle English–1500s moon, Middle English–1500s moone, Middle English–1600s moane, Middle English–1600s (1800s– (English regional (north-western))) mone, Middle English– moan; Scottish pre-1700 maine, pre-1700 man, pre-1700 mayn, pre-1700 mayne, pre-1700 mon, pre-1700 1700s– main, pre-1700 1700s– mane, pre-1700 1700s– moan, pre-1700 1800s– mone, 1700s–1800s (1900s– (Shetland)) maen, 1800s moyen (rare). Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps the reflex of an unattested Old English noun corresponding to mean v.² Perhaps further related to mean v.¹ (for formal correspondence compare Old Frisian mēne , Old High German meina opinion). Old English mān (strong neuter) ‘wickedness’ (see man n.²) is apparently unrelated, although its cognate Old Icelandic mein also has the sense ‘hurt’. Compare mean n.²In Scots this word, when pronounced /men/, has merged with mean n.² (see Scots forms s.v.). In sense 2 perhaps partly imitative. Sc. National Dict. explains the 19th-cent. Scots form moyen as having arisen through confusion with moyen n.¹ 1. a. Lamentation, complaint; an instance of this. Frequently in to make (one's) moan: to lament, grieve, complain. Also in extended use. Now chiefly Scottish.In recent use coloured by association with sense 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [noun] carea1000 sorrowingOE meaninga1200 moan?c1225 mourning?c1225 plaint?c1225 ruthc1225 weimerc1230 mean?c1250 sorrow?c1250 dolec1290 plainingc1300 woec1300 dolourc1320 mourna1350 waymentingc1350 penancec1380 complaintc1384 lamentationc1384 complainingc1385 moaninga1400 waiminga1400 waymenta1400 waymentationc1400 dillc1420 merourec1429 plainc1475 regratec1480 complainc1485 regretc1500 lamenting1513 doleance1524 deploration1533 deplorement1593 condolement1602 regreeting1606 imploration1607 pother1638 dolinga1668 moanification1827 dolence1861 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [noun] > instance or act of lamenting moan?c1225 mean?c1250 bimena1325 lamentation1382 queryc1400 pinec1440 tragedy1536 lamentc1592 complaint?1606 conclamation1627 quiritation1634 throb1635 pathetic1667 dismals1774 jeremiad1780 complain1820 tangi1836 Jobism1855 wail1867 rune1922 vigil1956 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief [verb (reflexive)] > bewail one's lot bemoanc1220 to make (one's) moan?c1225 moan1642 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 306 Ladlich þing is..hwen me makeð itune man [a1250 Nero mone] of ancres achte. a1275 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 46 (MED) Þe sorie soule atte dom makit hire mon..‘Awei, wrechede bodi!’ c1300 St. Katherine (Harl.) 140 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S.-Eng. Legendary (1956) 538 (MED) Hi þane deþ for Godes loue afonge wiþoute mone. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 149^v The kite haþ a voys of pleynynge and of mone. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 16865 (MED) Noiþer þai gaf man, ne tok emsample gode þar-bi. ?a1425 (?c1350) Northern Passion (Rawl.) 3372 (MED) Sone þai saw þe aungell bryght..restand on þe graue stane Omang þam, als þai made þair mane. c1480 (a1400) St. Nicholas 1137 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 513 Þane in his hart he mad mayne & sichit sare. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. ii. sig. A.iiij Of loue I make my mone. 1572 in D. Digges Compl. Ambassador (1655) 343 There is very great moan made for the loss of Monsieur D'Candales. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. iii. 29 Marke the moane she makes. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 550 Hov'ring about the Coasts they make their Moan; And cuff the Cliffs with Pinions not their own. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 19 A Carpenter..made such pitiful Moan to be taken in. 1745 Scots Mag. June 274 To bare our hearts, and tell you a' our mane. 1841 C. Gray Lays 89 Wha daur complain, or mak a mane. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Miller's Daughter (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 104 And oft I heard the tender dove In firry woodlands making moan. 1853 T. T. Lynch Lect. Self-improvem. vi. 135 The moan of the idle about circumstance. 1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxiii. 159 In Henry's days the people made their moan that they were ground down. 1891 J. J. H. Burgess Rasmie's Büddie 22 Whin I wis ill an makkin maen, Shü gae, ta richt me, ‘sinnie’. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers ii. 35 ‘Needn't make a moan of it,’ put in Mrs. Morel. She hated her husband because..he whined and played for sympathy. 1933 M. Symon Deveron Days 5 When the kingie dee'd ae Lammas mirk, His fowk made muckel mane. 1975 A. Deyell My Shetland 63 ‘We baith heard hit.’ ‘Heard what?’ said I. ‘A woman makin mane.’ 1992 Harper's Mag. Sept. 11/1 Every now and then one of the Republican voices of conscience..makes public moan in the newspapers about the decay of manners and the loss of virtue. †b. A request, prayer, or entreaty. Frequently in to make one's moan: to entreat. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > entreaties moana1325 instances1647 urgencies1823 a1325 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 29 (MED) Milde quene of heuene..To þe i mene mi mone, i preie þou her mi steuene, Ne let me neuere deie in none of þe sennes seuene. a1350 (?c1280) Prol. Conception Mary (Ashm.) 60 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 68 (MED) Here mone was deol to ihure; ne gamede hem no gle. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 467 (MED) To Neptenabus she seiþ hire mone, And askeþ what hire be to done. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iv. 950 To the pitouse goddes..he preyed and made his mone To doon hym sone out of this world to pace. a1450 Castle Perseverance (1969) l. 3129 A mone I herd of mercy meve And to me, Mercy, gan crye and call. a1500 (a1400) Libeaus Desconus (Lamb.) (1969) 48 (MED) Kyng Arthure..J am come oute of fer contre My mone to make to the. 1594 W. West Symbolæogr.: 2nd Pt. ii. Chancerie §145 Unto whom your said Oratrices husband, for the vicinity of bloud, and abilitie of substance, was bolder to make his mone for helpe. 1726 H. Baker 2nd Pt. Orig. Poems 44 When to her I make my Moan, She's harder than the hardest Stone. 1878 J. Ingelow One Hundred Holy Songs 134 To Thee, O Lord, I make my moan, Save not, O save not me alone. †c. A state of lamentation; grief, sorrow. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun] > state or condition of drearinessa1000 woeOE sorrinessOE sorrowfulnessa1250 heavinessc1275 sorrownessc1300 dreariheada1325 moanc1390 sadnessc1400 grievedness1571 ruthfulness1596 mournfulness1633 waila1682 drearihood1817 woebegoneness1841 tristfulness1847 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [noun] > condition or quality of lamenting moanc1390 plainfulnessa1586 mournfulness1633 plaintiveness1747 c1390 in C. Brown Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 126 (MED) A-wey wol wende boþe Murþe and moon. ?a1430 Compleynte Virgin (Huntington) l. 105 in Minor Poems T. Hoccleve (1970) i. 3 Sone, if thow haddist a fadir lyuynge..That were a greet abreggynge of my mone. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 692 With dulfull mayn retorned thir men of wer. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 126 Behald my mayne and mwrning merualous. 1560 T. Ingelend Disobedient Child G iij Thou maiest learne what griefe, sorowe and mone, Socrates had with Xantippa his wyfe. 1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. G Twould kil my soule to leaue thee drownd in mone. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. iii. 43 Thy mirth shall turne to moane . View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton Epit. Marchioness of Winchester in Poems 25 Here be tears of perfect moan Weept for thee in Helicon. 2. a. A long, low, inarticulate sound made by a person expressing mental or physical suffering or (in later use also) pleasure; a similar sound produced by an animal.Generally suggestive of a sound less harsh and deep than a groan, with which it is often collocated in late Modern English use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > moaning or groaning > [noun] woningc950 groaningc1000 yomeringc1000 i-mone1297 bemoaningc1300 groanc1325 moan1599 moaning1724 granking1807 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [noun] > moan or groan groaningc1000 groanc1325 grank1513 moan1599 moaning1724 whoo1891 1599 R. Roche Eustathia sig. A8 Many a deepe set groane, Of such as murthred, yeelde the ghost and die, From wounded lungs, yeelding a hollow moane. 1609 T. Ravenscroft Pammelia sig. E3^v I heard a maid making great mone with sobs and sighes, & many a grieuous moan. 1673 J. Milton Sonnets xv, in Poems (new ed.) 59 Avenge O Lord thy slaughter'd Saints... Their moans The Vales redoubl'd to the Hills. 1684 A. Behn Voy. to Isle of Love 64 in Poems Several Occasions Here swims a thousand Swans, whose doleful moan Sing dying Lovers Requiems with their own. 1713 A. Pope Ode Musick 4 Sullen Moans, Hollow Groans, And Cries of tortur'd Ghosts! 1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 228 When the long-ear'd, milky mothers..For their defrauded, absent foals..make a moan so loud, that all the Guild awake. 1789 W. Blake Cradle Song in Songs of Innocence Sweet moans, dovelike sighs. 1832 J. Bree St. Herbert's Isle 163 'Tween the screech of the owl and the moon dog's moan. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Boadicea 25 Phantom sound of blows descending, moan of an enemy massacred. 1912 D. McKie Fables frae French 63 He wrang his han's; he wusht that he was deid! Ane passin' by,..Said ‘Freen, what's causin' a' yer wearie manes?’ 1935 M. M. Atwater Murder in Midsummer viii. 72 The nurse..thought her patient should have waked up to tears and moans. 1975 H. Acton Nancy Mitford v. 68 Her voice was a musical sigh when it was not a gentle moan. 1991–2 Opera Q. Winter 30 There are some extramusical noises—coughs, page turns, and moans of ecstasy from the conductor. b. In extended use: a long, low, plaintive sound produced by wind, water, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > [noun] groan1608 suuma1616 requiem1635 knell1647 moan1730 plaint1730 complaining1735 1730 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons 195 The brawling brook, And cave, presageful, send a hollow moan. 1807 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 61 The Stream that flows out of the Lake..Repeats a moan o'er moss and stone. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Palace of Art lxii, in Poems (new ed.) 88 [He] hears the low Moan of an unknown sea. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 211 The moan of the adjacent pines chimed in noble harmony. 1897 J. Conrad Nigger of ‘Narcissus’ iii. 43 They were sheltered..from the wind that rushed in one long unbroken moan above their heads. 1916 J. Fergus Sodger 27 An' whiles the wind will fley me sair By giein' an uncanny mane. 1941 P. Larkin Let. 31 Dec. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 29 Harsh cries & moans issue through the bell of his trumpet in a really incredible manner. 1986 B. Geldof Is that It? iv. 41 I lay there..listening to the boom and moan of the lighthouse foghorns up and down the coast. 3. British colloquial (originally Services' slang). The act of airing a complaint or grievance; (later also) a complaint or grumble, esp. one perceived as trivial and not to be taken seriously. Frequently in to have a moan: to grumble or complain. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [noun] > a complaint plainta1275 groinc1374 complaintc1385 murmura1393 grutchc1460 plainc1475 yammer?a1513 puling?1529 objecting1552 obmurmuration1571 regratea1586 repine1593 grumblinga1616 grumble1623 dissatisfactionc1640 obmurmuring1642 rumbling1842 natter1866 grouch1895 beef1900 holler1901 squawk1909 moan1911 yip1911 grouse1918 gripe1934 crib1943 bitch1945 drip1945 kvetch1957 1911 ‘Guns Q.F.C.’ & ‘Phyl Theeluker’ Middle Watch Musings 12 ‘Guard and Steerage 'ammicks, Sir!’ I wake up with a groan; Why can't I sleep till 7 a.m.? Once more I had a moan. 1927 Daily Express 5 Oct. 3/4 The midshipmen fling their moanful forms into chairs, and one says:—‘Come on, you chaps, let's have a moan!’ 1942 ‘Duggie’ in A. S. Forbes & H. R. Allen Ten Fighter Boys 20 We all had a moan to the C.O. about it, and he in turn was in full agreement. 1969 Woman 19 Apr. 20/1 That old moan: ‘You'll be sorry when I've gone’. 1974 Times 6 Apr. 14/8 It's the one moan I have about international rugby. There ought..to be referees from neutral countries. 1991 Incentive Today Oct. 65/2 Inevitably there were one or two moans such as ‘it's a long walk round to the entrance’. Compounds General attributive. † moan-making n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A complaint, a moane-making. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). moanv. Brit. /məʊn/, U.S. /moʊn/ Forms: Middle English manes (3rd singular present indicative), Middle English mon, Middle English moone, Middle English nomen (transmission error), Middle English–1600s mone, 1500s–1600s moane, 1500s– moan, 1600s monneth (3rd singular present indicative); English regional 1800s– maen (north-western), 1800s– mant (Lancashire) (past tense), 1800s– mone (north-western); Scottish pre-1700 1700s– main, pre-1700 1800s– mone, 1700s– maen, 1700s– mane. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: moan n. Etymology: < moan n.: see discussion at that entry. Compare earlier mean v.² and bemoan v.In Scots this word, when pronounced /men/, has merged with mean v.² (see Scots forms s.v.). In sense 1a, sometimes difficult to distinguish < mone v. 1. a. transitive. To complain of, lament; to bemoan, bewail. Now rare.Formerly also: †to mourn or lament for (a dead person) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief for [verb (transitive)] sorroweOE meaneOE bemournOE mournOE bemoanc1000 ofthink?c1225 bequeatha1325 moana1325 plain1340 wail1362 bewailc1374 complainc1374 waymenta1400 grievec1400 sorrowa1425 regratec1480 lament1535 deplore1567 dole1567 condole1607 pine1667 rave1810 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 180 He pine man wid sorwe and dred, And don h[i]m [MS hem]monen his sinfulhed. 1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 104 Thou monest multipliyng of so many freris. 1537 J. Husee Let. 2 July in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/4/77) f. 96 Therle of Northumberland is ded and lytle monyd, the lorde Darcy suffrid on saturday last past. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxviij^v Their fall was litle moned emong wise men. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. K.i And yet with more delite to mone my wofull case. 1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. iii. sig. K.iij^v His friendes mourned, and many moned his strange alteration. 1605 J. Stow Annales (new ed.) 780 This man was greatly moaned of the people. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 49 Doth not every man moan the scantness of his lot? 1749 T. Smollett Regicide iii. ii. 35 The sick Wretch who moan'd the tedious Night. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xi. 232 Na, na, I maun never mane [1829 maen] doing and suffering for the Countess Joscelin. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xiv. 116 She..bitterly moaned the fickleness of her Matilda. 1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew xxii. Introd. David foremaist, an' Chryst ahin him, baith maen fu' sair the mislipp'nin o' God i' their ain day o' dule. 1983 Spectator 11 June 8/3 It is near the birthplace of AJP Taylor, the historian, who moans the fact that, though Lancashire-born, he now has to describe himself as a native of ‘Merseyside’. †b. transitive (reflexive). To complain, lament; to appeal to. Cf. mean v.² 3a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief [verb (reflexive)] > bewail one's lot bemoanc1220 to make (one's) moan?c1225 moan1642 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) 2344 (MED) Ho þat ne wol bi conseil dan, som tyme hym schal mone. ?a1425 (a1415) Lanterne of Liȝt (Harl.) (1917) 68 (MED) Þei hirten myche sorer þan þei were aforn as þe Lord moneþ him bi þe prophet Ieremye. 1548 T. Cranmer Catechismus sig. Tiv^v God hath commaunded us to..mone ourselues to him in all our troubles and aduersities. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 48 You should rouze up yourselves and moan yourselves to the Lord. 1686 T. Flatman Poems & Songs 63 A vertuous Man..Sometimes within a leaking Vessel tost, All hopes of life, and the lov'd shore quite lost..Moaning himself [etc.]. 2. a. intransitive. To lament, grieve. Frequently with of, for, over. Now chiefly Scottish and poetic.In recent use coloured by association with sense 4. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > lament or express grief [verb (intransitive)] sorroweOE meaneOE careOE mournOE ofthink?c1225 to make sorrow?c1250 to make languorc1300 bemoanc1305 plainc1325 moanc1330 wailc1330 waymentc1350 complainc1374 to make syte?a1400 sweam14.. lamentc1515 bemournc1540 regratec1550 to sing sol-fa, sorrow, woe1573 condole1598 passion1598 deplore1632 ochone1829 rune1832 c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 468 (MED) He & Herhaud..Michel han destrud our lawe, Þat euer-more mon y may. c1400 ( Canticum Creatione l. 95 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 125 Go we sorwen & nomen [read monen]..In his siȝt þat vs wroȝte. c1440 (a1400) Sir Eglamour (Thornton) (1965) 1011 (MED) Alle þat were sembled..He gafe þam for to lyfe appone, For Cristabelle saule to mone. a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 95 (MED) Then sche be-gan for to wagge and mone and for to crye with as many voycis as there were spiritis with-yn hure. 1593 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiæ in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) i. pr. v. 15 Of our complaynt [thou] haste moned [L. doluisti], & bewaylde the wrack of estymations Loste. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. G4 Let there bechaunce him pitifull mischances, To make him mone . View more context for this quotation 1650 Sc. Metrical Psalms cii. 6 I like an owl in desert am, that nightly there doth moan. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xi. 100 Still as I spoke, the Phantom seem'd to moan, Tear follow'd tear, and groan succeeded groan. 1842 Ld. Tennyson May Queen (new ed.) Concl. xiv, in Poems (new ed.) I. 173 And what is life, that we should moan? 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 167 Its nae sma' loss that makes us mane, An' wear the weed. 1856 G. Brimley Ess. (1858) iv. 211 We listen to the fierce Achilles moaning for his lost mistress. 1894 ‘M. Twain’ Pudd'nhead Wilson xiv. 184 His joy collapsed utterly, and he turned away and moped toward the door moaning and lamenting over the bitterness of his luck. 1928 T. T. Alexander Psalms 9 My soul, hoo can ye murn and maen? †b. transitive. To cause to lament; to sadden or grieve. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > be sorry or grieved at [verb (transitive)] > sadden or grieve rueOE grieve?c1225 teen1340 moana1425 contrist1490 sadden1565 sad1578 ensorrow1593 contristate1616 tristitiate1628 dolea1637 endolour1884 a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) 93 (MED) Bi grete God..Na mare manes me þi flyt Þan it war a flies byt. 1614 G. Chapman Free & Offenceles Justif. sig. *3 My faire condition mones them. a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Faire Maide of Inne* v. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggggggg2/2 And yet my wife (which infinitly moanes me) Intends [etc.]. 3. transitive. To condole with (a person); to pity. Cf. mean v.² 1b, 1c. Now Scottish and Irish English.In quot. 1891 used as a postmodifying non-finite clause with the sense ‘to be pitied’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > feel pity for [verb (transitive)] > sympathize with > express sympathy with moan1581 condole1588 collachrymate1593 commiserate1598 condolea1603 sympathize1748 1581 T. Lupton 2nd Pt. Too Good to be True sig. R1^v He that is defrauded, shall be rather mocked than moned. 1596 T. Danett tr. P. de Commynes Hist. viii. xiv. 361 If this miserie had fallen but vpon them onely that made this composition, they had not been greatly to be moned. 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant iii. i. 30 Non. What! Does he take no pity on me? Const. Prithee moane him Isabelle. 1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 41 He's no' to maen! He's at the stage The table-laund o' middle age. 1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 187/1 I don't moan ye, said to a person who complains of what he has got and who, in the opinion of the speaker, has got enough. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 225/1 I don't moan you a hair. 4. a. intransitive. To make a long, low, inarticulate sound indicative of mental or physical suffering or (in later use also) pleasure; to utter a moan or moans. Of an animal: to produce a similar sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (intransitive)] > moan or groan groan7.. grunt1340 grenta1387 grintc1386 moanc1700 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > moaning or groaning > moan or groan [verb (intransitive)] groan7.. yomer971 woneOE quaina1400 croaka1500 granka1500 moan1798 c1700 W. Thomson Orpheus Caled. (1725) 40 She main'd and she grain'd out of Dollor and pain, Till he vow'd that he ne'er wou'd see me again. 1798 W. Wordsworth We are Seven in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 113 In bed she moaning lay. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iii. ii. 54 The housedog moans, and the beams crack. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. x. 245 The King..throwing himself on the bed..passionately moaned, shedding abundant tears. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 119 Mother, who o'er that child moan'd desperate, all heartbroken. 1927 A. C. Parker Indian How Bk. v. lii. 236 He would make us think there was..some mysterious monster moaning under the ground. 1943 G. Greene Ministry of Fear i. iii. 55 The voice moaned away into silence. 1965 ‘S. d'Estrée’ tr. ‘P. Réage’ Story of O i. 41 Slowly and in short spasms which made her moan, the lad plunged. 1991 Sunday Times 8 Sept. 8/3 Meher Baba..would communicate in faultless English..and whenever Pascal came near, moan with allowable soft laughter. b. intransitive. In extended use: (esp. of wind, water, etc.) to make a long, low, plaintive sound. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > mournful or plaintive sound > mournful or plaintive [verb (intransitive)] knella1400 plaina1425 mourna1522 groan1602 complain1694 moan1805 dirge1907 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. xii. 17 She sits..And listens to a heavy sound, That moans the mossy turrets round. 1851 C. Kingsley in Christian Socialist 11 Oct. 239/1 For men must work..Though the harbour bar be moaning. 1902 A. B. Davidson Called of God x. 267 You hear..the forests moan. 1932 W. D. Cocker Poems 125 He says the bogle's juist the win' that through the bour-tree maens. 1959 E. Connell Mrs Bridge xiv. 94 The rain blew softly against the windowpanes, shutters rattled and above the front door the tin weather stripping began to moan. 1987 C. Thubron Behind Wall iii. 77 A ship's siren moaned out of the haze. 5. transitive. To utter with a moan or moans, or in a moaning voice. Frequently with direct speech as object. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > moan or groan groan1609 under-groan?1611 droula1670 moan1820 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > moaning or groaning > bemoan [verb (transitive)] > utter with moans or groans bemoan1393 groan1609 droula1670 moan1820 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 100 Fair Madeline began to weep, And moan forth witless words. a1822 P. B. Shelley Dirge in Posthumous Poems (1824) 219 Rough wind, that moanest loud Grief too sad for song. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 231 And in herself she moan'd ‘Too late, too late!’ 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 75 Melodious moaned the other ‘Dying day with dolphin-hues.’ 1937 Life 1 Nov. 120/3 Couple after worshipful couple..gathered enraptured before the bandstand or sat at tables moaning their appreciation of the hottest passages. 1961 A. Hosain Sunlight on Broken Column i. ii. 22 Aunt Majida wiped her eyes..and moaned, ‘Oh what a miserable, ill-fated woman am I!’ 1991 N.Y. Times 24 Nov. ii. 44/1 In ‘Jam’,..he moans his words ahead of the beat, adding to the song's rhythmic tension. 6. intransitive. colloquial (chiefly British, originally Services' slang). To grumble or complain, typically about something trivial. Frequently with about. Also transitive, with clause as object. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)] murkeOE misspeakOE yomer971 chidea1000 murkenOE grutch?c1225 mean?a1300 hum13.. plainta1325 gruntc1325 plainc1325 musea1382 murmurc1390 complain1393 contrary1393 flitec1400 pinea1425 grummec1430 aggrudge1440 hoinec1440 mutterc1450 grudge1461 channerc1480 grunch1487 repine1529 storm?1553 expostulate1561 grumblea1586 gruntle1591 chunter1599 swagger1599 maunder1622 orp1634 objurgate1642 pitter1672 yelp1706 yammer1794 natter1804 murgeon1808 groan1816 squawk1875 jower1879 grouse1887 beef1888 to whip the cat1892 holler1904 yip1907 peeve1912 grouch1916 nark1916 to sound off1918 create1919 moana1922 crib1925 tick1925 bitch1930 gripe1932 bind1942 drip1942 kvetchc1950 to rag on1979 wrinch2011 a1922 T. S. Eliot Waste Land Drafts (1971) 57 So this injurious race was sullen, and kicked; Complained too of the ship... So the crew moaned. 1924 T. E. Hulme in H. Read Speculations 126 I object to the sloppiness which doesn't consider that a poem is a poem unless it is moaning or whining about something or other. 1948 Landfall 2 112 He felt through his pockets for a cigarette, found a butt and lit it. Why moan? 1971 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 3 Apr. 5/8 We shall develop a persecution complex and go round moaning that we are misunderstood. 1989 J. Winterson Sexing Cherry (1991) 137 Stupid woman's camping by some tiny river in the middle of nowhere and moaning on about the mercury levels. 2014 M. Poland Keeper iv. 38 I didn't moan when she didn't clean the house or cook a proper meal. I let her be. Derivatives † moaned adj. Obsolete rare lamented. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective] > lamented moaned1471 wailed1562 lamented1611 1471 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 438 There was kyllyd vppon the felde..Syr Omffrey Bowghshere off owre contre, whyche is a sore moonyd man here. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1225v.a1325
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