单词 | griefful |
释义 | grieffuladj. Painful, sorrowful; †grievous. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adjective] > causing sorrow or grief sorelyc888 sorrowfulOE sorryOE yomerlyOE rueful?c1225 grievous1297 heavyc1374 sada1375 deefulc1380 grievable1390 grieffula1400 grievingc1450 trist?c1450 tristfula1492 dolorousa1500 doly?1553 mournful?1570 griefsome1635 tristifical1656 melancholy1710 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 13184 Bot þis dede was seld ful dere, þe mening ȝeit lastis bi ȝere, wid a greful [Vesp. greithful] uengance. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 251 The wounde of Rycharde was soo greefull to see, that it was pyte to beholde. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) x. sig. Aviv It is grefull to me to leue youre companye. 1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc (Shaks. Soc.) i. i. 97 And nowe the daie renewes my griefull plainte. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge ii. iii. sig. D2v The most greefull, despairing, wretched [etc.]. a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James III in Wks. (1711) 42 To deliver this Grief-full Body to the Rest of a desired Grave. 1747 W. Collins Odes 6 The Grief-full Muse addrest her infant Tongue. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. vi. 191 The same great, grave, griefful air. 1882 Daily News 21 Apr. 5/7 The stern reality of a griefful parting. Derivatives ˈgrieffully adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adverb] > in manner to cause sorrow or grief sorrowfullyc1225 griefly1340 balefullya1375 teenfullya1375 grieffullya1400 unwinlya1400 sorrowfulc1415 tristfully1880 a1400–50 Alexander (Dublin) 973 And grettes for hym als grefully [Ashm. MS. greuously] as he hym gettyn hed. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cliij He is in dede very sory, but yet taketh the matter lesse greifefully, forasmuche as the thinge hath fortuned throughe another mans faulte, and not his. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1400 |
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