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Webster 1913 Edition

Mourning

Mourn′ing

,
Noun.
[AS.
murnung
.]
1.
The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow.
2.
Garb, drapery, or emblems indicative of grief, esp. clothing or a badge of somber black.
The houses to their tops with black were spread,
And ev’n the pavements were with
mourning
hid.
Dryden.
Deep mourning
.
See under
Deep
.

Mourn′ing

,
Adj.
1.
Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
2.
Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing;
as,
mourning
garments; a
mourning
ring; a
mourning
pin, and the like.
Mourning bride
(Bot.)
,
a garden flower (
Scabiosa atropurpurea
) with dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened heads.
–
Mourning dove
(Zool.)
,
a wild dove (
Zenaidura macroura
) found throughout the United States; – so named from its plaintive note. Called also
Carolina dove
. See Illust. under
Dove
.
–
Mourning warbler
(Zool.)
,
an American ground warbler (
Geothlypis Philadelphia
). The male has the head, neck, and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mourning

MOURNING

,
ppr.
Grieving; lamenting; sorrowing; wearing the appearance of sorrow.

MOURNING

,
Noun.
The act of sorrowing or expressing grief; lamentation; sorrow.
1.
The dress or customary habit worn by mourners.
And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid.

Definition 2024

mourning

mourning

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Verb

mourning

  1. present participle of mourn

Noun

mourning ‎(countable and uncountable, plural mournings)

  1. The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation.
  2. Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death.
    • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter 23
      "My greatest wish now," she added, "is to get back to Kansas, for Aunt Em will surely think something dreadful has happened to me, and that will make her put on mourning; and unless the crops are better this year than they were last, I am sure Uncle Henry cannot afford it."
    • 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
      And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred, but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.
    • 2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:
      Unsurprisingly for a man who went into mourning for three years after the death in 1994 of his own father, the legendary leader Kim Il-sung, and who in the first 30 years of his political career made no public statements, even to his own people, Kim's career is riddled with claims, counter claims, speculation, and contradiction. There are few hard facts about his birth and early years.
  3. The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).
    • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 88:
      ‘I'm bored. I can't go out anywhere because it's too soon and I have to wear this disgusting mourning.’
  4. Drapes or coverings associated with mourning.
    • John Dryden (1631-1700)
      The houses to their tops with black were spread, / And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid.

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