mewl
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mewl
- /ˈmjuːl/ Canada, UK
Sounds like mule · Rhymes with -uːl
Where it comes from
From 1599 or earlier (1530 in a Scottish document), apparently from Shakespeare with this spelling. Perhaps from Middle English mewen (“to whimper”) + -le (frequentative suffix).
verb mewls · mewling · mewled
- To cry weakly with a soft, high-pitched sound; to whimper; to whine. And one man in his time plays many parts, / His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, / Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms; / Then the whining school-boy, […]
noun mewls
- A soft cry or whimper; an act of mewling. There would have been total silence if it hadn't been for the sea nearby, mewling. Indeed, that same mewl added to the sleepy image that filled the dormant house.
