lull·a·by
noun
noun: lullaby; plural noun: lullabies
a quiet, gentle song sung to send a child to sleep.
Similar:
cradle song
soothing song
gentle song
quiet song
berceuse
verb
RARE
verb: lullaby; 3rd person present: lullabies; past tense: lullabied; past participle: lullabied; gerund or present participle: lullabying
sing to (someone) to get them to go to sleep.
"she lullabied us, she fed us"
Origin
mid 16th century: from lull + bye-bye, a sound used as a refrain in lullabies; compare with bye-byes.
a·poc·a·lypse
noun
noun: Apocalypse; noun: the Apocalypse; noun: apocalypse; plural noun: apocalypses
1.
the complete final destruction of the world, as described in the biblical book of Revelation.
"the bell's ringing is supposed to usher in the Apocalypse"
(especially in the Vulgate Bible) the book of Revelation.
singular proper noun: Apocalypse
2.
an event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale.
"a stock market apocalypse"
Origin
Old English apocalipsin, via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apokalupsis, from apokaluptein ‘uncover, reveal’, from apo- ‘un-’ + kaluptein ‘to cover’.