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wallow

/ˈwɒ.ləʊ/ noun

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In Latin: voluto Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about wallow at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A puddle where animals go to wallow.
  2. An indolent or clumsy rolling about.
    a good wallow in the water

verb

  1. Devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure.
    Wallow in luxury
  2. Roll around.
    pigs were wallowing in the mud
  3. Rise up as if in waves.
    smoke billowed up into the sky

Origin

From Middle English walowen, walewen, walwen, welwen, from Old English wealwian (“to roll”), from Proto-West Germanic *walwōn, variant of *walwijan, from Proto-Germanic *walwijaną (“to roll”), from Proto-Indo-European *welw-, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Cognate with Latin volvō (“roll, tumble”, verb).

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