wallow
Meanings
Verb
- To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
- To move lazily or heavily in any medium.
- To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.
- To live or exist in filth or in a sickening manner.
- To fade, fade away, wither, droop; fail to flourish.
Noun
- An instance of wallowing.
- A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow, or the depression left by them in the ground.
- A kind of rolling walk.
Adjective
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Origin
- From Middle English walowen, walewen, walwen, welwen, from Old English wealwian, from Proto-West Germanic *walwōn, variant of *walwijan, from Proto-Germanic *walwijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welw-, from Proto-Indo-European *welH-. Cognate with Latin volvō.
- From Middle English walwen, from Old English wealwian, of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of Old English fealwian. Alternatively, perhaps related to Middle English welken, modern English welk.
- From Middle English walwe, walh, from Old English wealg, from Proto-West Germanic *walg, from Proto-Germanic *walgaz. Cognate with Dutch walg, dialectal Norwegian valg. waugh.
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