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wallowed |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wallow \Wal"low\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wallowed}; p. pr & vb n. {Wallowing}.] [OE. walwen, AS wealwian akin to Goth. walwjan (in comp.) to roll, L. volvere cf Skr. val to turn. [root]147. Cf {Voluble Well}, n.] 1. To roll one's self about as in mire; to tumble and roll about to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as swine wallow in the mire. I may wallow in the lily beds. --Shak. 2. To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner. God sees a man wallowing in his native impurity. --South. 3. To wither; to fade. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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