Singult

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  • n. A sob.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A sigh or sobbing; also, a hiccough.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A sob or sigh.
  • Word Usage
    "And into the river that had been a stream (for a thousand of tears had gone eon her and come on her and she was stout and struck on dancing and her muddied name was Missis-liffi) there fell a tear, a singult tear, the loveliest of all tears (I mean for those crylove fables fans who are ‘keen’ on the pretty-pretty commonface sort of thing you meet by hopeharrods) for it was a leaptear."