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third-person singular simple present wayments, present participle waymenting, simple past and past participle waymented
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To lament. quotations
For what bootes it to weepe and to wayment, / When ill is chaunst, but doth the ill increase […] ?
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie
(obsolete) Lamentation; grief. quotations
And they, for pittie of the sad wayment
1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “The Ruines of Time”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […]
(slang, nonstandard, chiefly African-American Vernacular) Wait a minute. quotations
“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.”
2018, Genevive Chamblee, Out of the Penalty Box
“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.
2019 Jade Boren, Halle Berry & Lena Waithe Share A Passionate Kiss On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Hollywood Life, 23 May 2019. Accessed 29 May 2019.