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Word of the Day for Wednesday, March 11, 2009ululate \UL-yuh-layt; YOOL-\, intransitive verb: To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals. He had often dreamed of his grieving family visiting his grave, ululating as only the relatives of martyrs may. She wanted to be on the tarmac, to ululate and raise her hands to the heavens. She used harrowing, penetrating nasal tones and a rasp that approached Janis Joplin's double-stops; she made notes break and ululate. Ululate derives from Latin ululare, to howl, to yell, ultimately of imitative origin. The noun form is ululation; the adjective form is ululant. | |||||||||
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