keening
keening · keenings
Totenklage, Beklagen des/der Toten
Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wakeIntense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)Intense mournful wailing after a death, often at a funeral or wake.
Totenklage, Beklagen des/der Toten
(broadly, countable, uncountable)An unpleasant wailing sound.
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
Intense mournful wailing:
Origin
From keen + -ing, from Irish caoin.From keen + -ing, from Irish caoin.
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