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mewl
English
Etymology
From 1599 or earlier (1530 in a Scottish document), apparently from Shakespeare with this spelling. Perhaps from Middle English mewen (“to whimper”) +? -le (frequentative suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Canada, UK) IPA(key): /?mju?l/
- Homophone: mule
Verb
mewl (third-person singular simple present mewls, present participle mewling, simple past and past participle mewled)
- To cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It
- And one man in his time plays many parts, / His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, / Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms; / Then the whining school-boy, ...
- 1844, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit
- You're a pretty clog to be tied to a man for life, you mewling, white-faced cat!
- 2007, Kiesa Kay, Mimosa May, Tornado Alley, page 11,
- My father started rubbing and rubbing on Mittens, scruffying her fur the wrong way, and she mewled her protests.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It
Translations
Noun
mewl (plural mewls)
- A soft cry or whimper; an act of mewling.
- 1995, Lídia Jorge, Natália Costa, Ronald W. Sousa (translators), The Murmuring Coast, page 89,
- There would have been total silence if it hadn't been for the sea nearby, mewling. Indeed, that same mewl added to the sleepy image that filled the dormant house.
- 2009, Mickey Erlach, Cruising for Bad Boys, page 61,
- I let out another moaning mewl, biting my lip as I awaited whatever he planned.
- 2010, Chris Wooding, Malice, page 15,
- The scratching stopped, and there was another piteous mewl from behind the door.
- 1995, Lídia Jorge, Natália Costa, Ronald W. Sousa (translators), The Murmuring Coast, page 89,
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meawl
English
Verb
meawl (third-person singular simple present meawls, present participle meawling, simple past and past participle meawled)
- Obsolete form of mewl.
Anagrams
- mawle
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