The Smurfs fulfill simple archetypes of everyday people: Lazy Smurf, Grouchy Smurf, Brainy Smurf, and so on. All Smurfs, with the exception of Papa, Baby, Smurfette, Nanny and Grandpa, are said to be 100 years old.
wail verb. âº to make a âlong, high âcry, usually because of âpain or âsadness, or to make a âsound like this: [I] The four âbabies were wailing in âunison. [I] Air-raid âsirens wailed.
Most languages, in common with English, use the general word for cry out, shout, wail to also mean weep, shed tears to express pain or grief.. Romance and Slavic, however, use words for this whose ultimate meaning is beat (the breast), cf.