Definitions for weeper

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weeper weep·er

Spelling: [wee-per]

IPA: /ˈwi pər/

Weeper is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in weeper (eeeprw).

Definitions for weeper

noun

1. a person who weeps.
2. (formerly) a hired mourner at a funeral.
3. something worn as a badge of mourning, as a widow's black veil.
4. a wine bottle that has lost some of its contents through the cork.
5. any of various loose-hanging, streamerlike objects, as a long, hanging hatband or a strand of moss hanging from a tree.
6. Informal. a sad story, motion picture, song, or the like, that is apt to make one cry.

Origin of weeper

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at weep¹, -er¹

Examples for weeper

It was hysterical, and had burst from the restraint of the weeper.

Then with a view to cheering the weeper, she added: You sang your part beautifully both nights, Mignon.

He peered with keen eyes through the darkness and moved noiselessly forward, in order not to frighten the weeper.

The name signifies "The weeper," in reference to the streams that run down from it continually like tears.

"Do not despair of seeing him such one day," her mother returned, laying a gentle, quieting hand on that of the weeper.

A little dwarf, called the “Caointeach,” or weeper, is said to weep before the death of some persons.

The husband of the "married woman" also came, and relieved the other gentlemen from the charge of the "weeper."

In a moment a Goth had led up the weeper, who came without demur to the side of Pelagia's mule.

Pambo laid his hand again tenderly on the weeper's shoulder.

She purposely made her voice coldly unsympathetic with a view toward summoning the weeper's pride to her aid.