different between lull vs consopite
lull
English
Etymology
From Middle English lullen, lollen. Originally, perhaps expressive in origin from la-la-la or lu-lu-lu sounds made in calming a child.
Cognate with Scots lul, lule, loll (“to lull, put to sleep, howl, caterwaul”), Dutch lollen (“to sing badly, caterwaul”), Dutch lullen (“to chatter, prate, cheat, deceive”), Low German lullen (“to lull”), German lullen (“to lull”), Danish lulle (“to lull, sing to sleep”), Swedish lulla (“to lull”), Icelandic lulla (“to lull”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?l/
- Rhymes: -?l
Noun
lull (plural lulls)
- A period of rest or soothing.
- A period of reduced activity; a respite
- (nautical) A period without waves or wind.
- 1839, The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1839, p. 26:
- […] during the lull, wind shifted to S. E. […]
- 1875, W. G. Wilson, Report of the Midnapore and Burdwan Cyclone of the 15th and 16th of October 1874, p. 74:
- After the lull the wind does not appear to have blown with any great strength […]
- 2016, David Houghton and Fiona Campbell, Wind Strategy, not paginated
- The air under each cloud has spent time near the surface, has been slowed and backed by friction—it is a lull.
- 1839, The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1839, p. 26:
- (surfing) An extended pause between sets of waves.
- 1992, John Warlaumont, The Noaa Diving Manual, p. 19-19
- It is advisable to leave the surf zone during the lull between sets of larger waves, waiting outside the surf zone for a lull.
- 808surfer.com forum (password needed)
- About 2 hours in, a long lull cleared everyone out, and then it started getting a little more consistent and pushing chest ta neck high.
- 1992, John Warlaumont, The Noaa Diving Manual, p. 19-19
Translations
Verb
lull (third-person singular simple present lulls, present participle lulling, simple past and past participle lulled)
- (transitive) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm
- Synonyms: soothe, quiet
- (intransitive) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate.
- The storm lulled.
Derived terms
- belull
- lullful
- lullsome
Synonyms
- (To cause to rest): appease
Translations
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consopite
English
Etymology
Latin c?ns?p?tus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?ns?pa?t/
Verb
consopite (third-person singular simple present consopites, present participle consopiting, simple past and past participle consopited)
- (obsolete, transitive) To lull to sleep; to quieten; to compose.
- 1653, Henry More, Conjectura Cabbalistica
- The operations of the masculine faculties of the soul were, for a while, well slaked and consopited.
- 1653, Henry More, Conjectura Cabbalistica
Anagrams
- octopines
Latin
Verb
c?ns?p?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of c?ns?pi?
consopite From the web:
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