Wayment

Quick meaning: Wayment is a verb meaning (ambitransitive, obsolete) To lament.

Meaning

(ambitransitive, obsolete) To lament.

More Meanings

1. (obsolete) Lamentation; grief.
2. (slang, nonstandard, chiefly African-American Vernacular) Wait a minute.

Example Sentences

And they, for pittie of the sad wayment

For what bootes it to weepe and to wayment, / When ill is chaunst, but doth the ill increase […]?

“Wayment. Hold up.” Christophe stopped drawing. “What the hell, Nicco? That's not a book.” “And 'wayment' is a word?” questioned Ramsey, chuckling at Christophe's pronunciation of “wait a minute.”

2019 Jade Boren, Halle Berry & Lena Waithe Share A Passionate Kiss On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Hollywood Life, 23 May 2019. Accessed 29 May 2019. “Wayment! she know you gotta girl??? I’m ready to fight!!!!!! Halle who!???” Ericka commented, referring to film production executive Alana Mayo, who became engaged to Lena during Thanksgiving in 2017.

Word Forms

• wayments
• waymenting
• waymented

Synonyms for wayment

Depending on context, synonyms include grieve, mourn, aggrieve, besorrow, condole, darken.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include waiment, ween, plain, lament, wail, mourn.

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