“ullagone”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

ullagone

释义

‖ ullagone, n. and int. Anglo-Irish.
Also ullagoane, ullaghone, ul(l)agon, hullagone, ullagawn, ulican, yoolughan.
[ad. Ir. Gael. olagón, ologón, olagán, of imitative origin.]
A cry of lamentation, a wail; spec. a funeral lament. Also as int.
1819[Rennie] St. Patrick II. 118 I'll gar her set up her yoolughans there, the limmer, an I had ance an arrow.1828T. C. Croker Fairy Leg. & Tradit. S. Irel. II. 191, I heard the dismallest ullagoane in the world, enough to break any one's heart.Ibid. 236 Oh ullagone, ullagone! this is a wide world.1845A. M. Hall Whiteboy v, A scream—loud and long—as of a woman in bitter trouble; it was, in fact, a ‘keen’, a regular ‘ullagawn’.1901W. Barry Wizard's Knot 219 (E.D.D.), It was a dirge, an ulagón, over Cathal, and his ruined walls.
Hence ‖ ullagone v. intr., to wail or lament loudly.
1828T. C. Croker Fairy Leg. & Tradit. S. Irel. II. 76 Then the poor woman began to cry and ullagoane so finely that it would do any one good to hear her.

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