English Explanatory Dictionary

wayment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To lament.
noun
  1. Lamentation; grief.
intj
  1. Wait a minute.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-wayment.wav

Word forms

wayment wayments waymenting waymented waiment

Etymology

From Middle English waymenten, from Anglo-Norman waimenter (“to lament”) (compare Old French guaimenter, gaimenter (“to lament”)), a conflation of wai, guai (“woe”), from Frankish *wai, *wē (“woe”) from Proto-Germanic *wai (“woe”), and Latin lamentari (“to lament”). Akin to Old High German wē (“woe”) (German Weh "woe, pain"), Old English wā (“woe”). More at woe, lament.

Synonyms

grieve mourn aggrieve besorrow condole darken engrieve erme gloom grieven bleed lament moan remorse repent regret rue sigh sorrow wayment yearn afterthink becry begrieve bemoan bemourn bewail beweep deplore elegize keen mean pine wail
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