ejulation

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin eiulātiō, from eiulō (“to wail, lament”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɛd͡ʒʊˈleɪʃən/

Noun edit

ejulation (countable and uncountable, plural ejulations)

(obsolete) A wailing; lamentation.
- 1708, [John Philips], “Book II”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 85:
  Ejulation in the pangs of death.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ejulation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)