aieee.

n.  a microcosm of the world of poetry.

<Craft was just a dry Englishman, brought up on the flat breast of Political Economics, incapable of understanding the world of poetry that an aieee could contain!  —Eca De Queiros, The Maias.>

n.  an expression of frustration.

<Aieee, all this bureaucratic garbage!  —Paul Preuss, Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime 5.>

n.  an involuntary mutter signifying a sudden realization or remembrance.

<He watched her walk away, and suddenly remembered the woman under the street lamp, the last time he’d come to the bar.  “Aieee,” said Jules softly, not realizing he’d spoken.  —Jamie Harrison, The Edge of the Crazies.>

n.  the last gasp of a dying person; see also eeee.

<He held the smoking pistol still aimed at Tenorio, but a second shot was not needed.  Tenorio’s face twisted with the pain of death.  “Aieee...”  He moaned and tumbled into the dust.  —Rudolfo Anaya, Bless Me, Ultima.>

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