ululate

Definitions


[ˈjuː(l)jʊleɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- howl or wail as an expression of strong emotion, typically grief
(e.g: women were ululating as the body was laid out)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin ululat- ‘howled, shrieked’, from the verb ululare, of imitative origin




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