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singult

/ˈsɪŋɡəlt/

singult noun: a sob.

Noun

singult (plural singults)

  1. (obsolete) A sob.
    • There an huge heape of singults did oppresse / His strugling soule […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    • So when her tears were stopp'd from either eye, / Her singults, blubberings, seem'd to make them fly1613–1616, William Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. (please specify |book=1 or 2), London: […] George Norton

Forms of singult

pluralsingults

Origin of singult

From Latin singultus.

Questions about singult

What does singult mean?
Singult means a sob.
What part of speech is singult?
Singult is a noun.
How do you pronounce singult?
Singult is pronounced /ˈsɪŋɡəlt/.
What is the plural of singult?
The plural of singult is singults.

Words near singult in the dictionary

  1. singulations
  2. singulative
  3. singulatively
  4. singulatives
  5. singuli in solidum
  6. singult
  7. singultient
  8. singultous
  9. singults
  10. singultus
  11. singultuses

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