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ululation

ulu·la·tion

UK/juːljʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ US/ʌljʊ-/ uncommon

noun

1.

a long loud emotional utterance

  • “he gave a howl of pain”
  • “howls of laughter”
  • “their howling had no effect”
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Origin

] Borrowed from Latin ululātiō, from ululō (“to howl, shriek, yell”) (from a reduplicated Proto-Indo-European imitative root) + -ātiō (suffix forming nouns relating to some action or the result of an action) (from Proto-Indo-European *-tis (suffix forming abstract or action nouns from verb roots)). By surface analysis, ululate + -ion.

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