loud+lamentation

  • 51noise — [n] sound that is loud or not harmonious babble, babel, bang, bedlam, bellow, bewailing, blare, blast, boisterousness, boom, buzz, cacophony, caterwauling, clamor, clang, clatter, commotion, crash, cry, detonation, din, discord, disquiet,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 52literature —    Thanks to the survival of thousands of clay tablets from many times and places in ancient Mesopotamia, it is clear that the civilizations of that region produced a large, varied, and rich collection of literature, some of it of high quality.… …

    Ancient Mesopotamia dictioary

  • 53gō̆ u-, gou̯ǝ-, gū- —     gō̆ u , gou̯ǝ , gū     English meaning: to call, cry     Deutsche Übersetzung: “rufen, schreien”     Note: (onomatopoeic)     Material: O.Ind. gavatē (only Dhatup.) “ sounds”, Intens. jō guvē “ lasse laut ertönen, spreche laut aus “, jō gū… …

    Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary

  • 54wail — [wāl] vi. [ME wailen < ON væla, to lament < væ, WOE] 1. to express grief or pain by long, loud cries 2. to make a plaintive, sad, crying sound [the wind wailing in the trees] 3. Jazz Slang to play in an intense or inspired manner vt.… …

    English World dictionary

  • 55UNITED STATES LITERATURE — The Influence of the Bible and Hebrew Culture The Jewish influence on American literary expression predated the actual arrival of Jews in the United States in 1654, for the Puritan culture of New England was marked from the outset by a deep… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism