[ˈwɒləʊ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (chiefly of large mammals) roll about or lie in mud or water, especially to keep cool or avoid biting insects
(e.g: there were watering places where buffalo liked to wallow)

- (of a person) indulge in an unrestrained way in (something that one finds pleasurable)
(e.g: I was wallowing in the luxury of the hotel)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English walwian ‘to roll about’, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin volvere ‘to roll’

[ˈwɒləʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of wallowing
(e.g: a wallow in nostalgia)

- a depression containing mud or shallow water, formed by the wallowing of large mammals
(e.g: a buffalo wallow)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English walwian ‘to roll about’, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin volvere ‘to roll’