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Definition of Singult
1. n. A sigh or sobbing; also, a hiccough.
Definition of Singult
1. Noun. (obsolete) A sigh or sobbing; a hiccough. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Singult
1. a sob [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Singult
Literary usage of Singult
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"... sighing or sobbing ; <d/ and singult are in the Diets, n of ripe age will
screech, cry, and 3 in so many disordered notes and 5/л- mt accents. ..."
2. Principles of English Etymology by Walter William Skeat (1891)
"(f) from stems in -i; as uest-io, I clothe, from uesl-i-, stem o( ucs/is, clothing.
(</) from stems in -u; as singult-io, I sob, ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"singult itself is very uncommon, but the following example has been found : ..,,
_ ¡Ud , V, V!, 1,1. ..."
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