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dreariment arch.|ˈdrɪərɪmənt|
[A Spenserian irreg. formation from dreary: cf. merriment, of about the same age.]
Dreary or dismal condition, or the expression of it.
1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Nov. 36 Sing of sorrowe and deathes dreeriment [Gloss. dreery and heauy cheere]. 1591― Ruins Time 158 Mourne my fall with dolefull dreriment. 1593Nashe Christ's T. 1 Let some part of thy diuine dreariment liue againe in mine eyes. 1607T. Walkington Opt. Glasse iv. 28 Bacchus is a wise Collegian, who admits meriment, and expels dreriment. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. iii. xviii, The Cloudie Isle with hellish dreeriment Would soon be fill'd. 1867Caroline Southey Poet. Wks. 110 There lay in helpless dreariment The Master loved so well. 1867Morris Jason x. 82. |