rewallowv.
/ˌriːˈwɒləʊ/, U.S. /riˈwɑloʊ/ intransitive. To wallow again. Frequently with in. Chiefly figurative.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > move irregularly or be agitated [verb (intransitive)] > roll or tumble about > of persons or animals > wallow > again
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a1700 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 119 As clean-wash'd Swine return into their Sty, And in their stinking Mire re-wallowing lie.
1748 C. Brown Itinerarium Novi Testamenti 99 Q. By what doth he [sc. St Peter] fitly express them [sc. hypocrites]? A. By the Dog returning to eat what he vomited, and the Sow wash'd re-wallowing in the Mire.
1894 Hahnemannian Monthly May 294 We could never bring ourselves to have much confidence in the sincerity of the reformed drunkard who re-wallowed in the gutter in his public speeches.
1903 Mind 12 582 Do spirits..desire to re-enter and re-wallow in human ions, cells, and viscera?
1998 Press Enterprise (Riverside, Ca.) (Nexis) 17 Sept. b1 For nostalgic Americans, there's no better time to wallow (or re-wallow) in Watergate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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