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keened Definition


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keen2
verb
    tr & intr
    keened, keening
    1. Especially in Ireland: to lament or mourn in a loud wailing voice.
noun
    1. A lament for the dead.
Derivative: keening
noun
    Wailing; lamentation.
Etymology: 19c: from Irish caoine lament.



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