brekekekex
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2ADJ.
plaintive
BREKEKEKEX + NOUN
chorus, co-ax, koax, o
Definitions
intj
Nonsense word supposedly imitative of frogs.
Brekekekex! co-ax! co-ax! O happy, happy frogs! How sweet ye sing! would God that I Upon the sweet bubbling pool might lie, And sun myself to-day With you! No curtained bride, I ween, Nor pillowed babe, nor cushioned queen, Nor tiny fay on emerald green, Nor silken lady gray, Lies on a softer couch. O Heaven!
Iris: He warbled a plaintive rondo — Of brekekekex koax — Chorus: Koax! Iris: The other frogs thought it splendid, Most splendid — Chorus: Most splendid! Iris: Applauding him when he ended With brekekekex koax — Chorus:
verb
To make a brekekekex sound; to ribbit.
There was not a fisherman on the river, not a peasant in the fields, nothing but those little vole-catchers and skimming wagtails, the waterbirds and the massed larks and the frogs, whose steady diurnal croak, though universal, seemed milder than the full-moon brekekekexing the night before.
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3Brekekekex! co-ax! co-ax! O happy, happy frogs! How sweet ye sing! would God that I Upon the sweet bubbling pool might lie, And sun myself to-day With you! No curtained bride, I ween, Nor pillowed bab
WiktionaryIris: He warbled a plaintive rondo — Of brekekekex koax — Chorus: Koax! Iris: The other frogs thought it splendid, Most splendid — Chorus: Most splendid! Iris: Applauding him when he ended With brekek
WiktionaryThere was not a fisherman on the river, not a peasant in the fields, nothing but those little vole-catchers and skimming wagtails, the waterbirds and the massed larks and the frogs, whose steady diurn
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