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wayment |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wayment \Way"ment\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Waymented}; p. pr & vb n. {Waymenting}.] [OE. waymenten, OF waimenter gaimenter guaimenter from wai, guai, woe! (of Teutonic origin; see {Woe}) and L. lamentari to lament. See {Lament}.] To lament; to grieve; to wail. [Written also {waiment}.] [Obs.] Thilke science . . . maketh a man to waymenten. --Chaucer. For what boots it to weep and wayment, When ill is chanced? --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wayment \Way"ment\, n. Grief; lamentation; mourning. [Written also {waiment}.] [Obs.] --Spenser.
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