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wayment

intj · name · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

intj

Meaning 1

Wait a minute.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: nonstandard, slang

Qualifier: chiefly African-American Vernacular

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Lamentation; grief.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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4

verb

Meaning 4

To lament.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grieve, mourn, aggrieve, besorrow, condole, darken, engrieve, erme, gloom, grieven, bleed, lament, moan, remorse, repent, regret, rue, sigh, sorrow, wayment, yearn, afterthink, becry, begrieve, bemoan, bemourn, bewail, beweep, deplore, elegize, keen, mean, pine, wail

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Contraction, especially reflective of a common African American Vernacular English pronunciation. Spelling very unlikely to have been influenced by Etymology 1.

Variant of Wyman.

From Middle English waymenten, from Anglo-Norman waimenter (“to lament”) (compare Old French guaimenter, gaimenter (“to lament”)), a conflation of wai, guai (“woe”), from Frankish *wai, *wē (“woe”) from Proto-Germanic *wai (“woe”), and Latin lamentari (“to lament”). Akin to Old High German wē (“woe”) (German Weh "woe, pain"), Old English wā (“woe”). More at woe, lament.