Rail(l) [Rail, Raill]

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Rail(l) [Rail, Raill]

Type

free base

Denotation

complain, revile, scold, roar, mock, taunt, jeer, jest

Etymology

Middle English railen; Old French raillier; of unknown origin but perhaps from Old Provençal ralhar; Vulgar Latin *ragulare; Latin ragere

Evidence

rail, railed, railing, railleries, raillery, rails

Homographs

Rail, Rail