singult

English

Etymology

From Latin singultus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋɡəlt/

Noun

singult (plural singults)

1. (obsolete) A sob.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     There an huge heape of singults did oppresse / His strugling soule […]

   • 1613–1616, William Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. (please specify |book=1 or 2), London: […] Iohn Haviland, published 1625, →OCLC:

     So when her tears were stopp'd from either eye, / Her singults, blubberings, seem'd to make them fly

Anagrams

• ingluts, lusting, lutings, sutling