† gementadj.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Groaning, lamenting.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > [adjective]
carefulOE
charyOE
mourningOE
sorrowingOE
sorryOE
balec1220
heavy?c1225
ruefulc1225
ruthfulc1225
sorrowful?c1225
dolefulc1275
plaintivea1393
complainingc1430
lamentable?a1475
plaining?c1475
dolent1490
lamentatious1532
troublous1535
plaintfula1542
dirge-like1561
yearnfula1566
waymenting1573
mestive1575
lamentatory1576
mestful1577
wailful1579
lamentinga1586
weepy1602
deplorative1610
deploringa1616
gement1656
condolent1691
dirgeful1793
dirgy1830
lamentful1876
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > moaning or groaning > [adjective]
moaninga1450
moanful1567
groaning1597
gement1656
honing1802
moany1867
moansome1873
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Gement, groaning, lamenting.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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