lonesomeadj.

Brit.

/ˈləʊns(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈloʊnsəm/

Forms: Also 1600s loansome, 1700s–1800s Scottish lanesome.

Etymology: < lone adj. + -some suffix¹.

a. Of persons, their condition, feelings, etc.: Solitary, lonely. In later use, chiefly in emotional sense: Having a feeling of solitude or loneliness; feeling lonely or forlorn.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > caused by solitude

lonesome1647

lonely1811

lonea1839

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > condition of being alone > [adjective]

oneeOE

onlepyOE

onlyOE

alonec1175

single1340

soleinc1381

solitaire1382

singularc1384

solec1400

oddc1480

alonelya1513

uncompanieda1547

a-high-lone1565

bird-alone1572

self-one1602

insociate1606

unmated1615

lonesome1647

solo1727

uncompanioned1809

unfellowed1887

Pat Malone1937

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adjective] > feeling lonely

lonesome1647

lonely1811

lonea1839

1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. lxxvi Where he with him the loansome night did passe.

1700 R. Blackmore Isaiah xiv, in Paraphr. Job 257 The lonesome Bittern shall possess This Fenny Seat.

1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 348 Again his Harp the lonesom Poet strung.

1796 H. Macneill Waes o' War iv. 29 Light the lanesome hours gae round.

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxii. 213 You must keep up your spirits mother, and not be lonesome because I'm not at home.

1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist iv. 71 The boy began to feel very weary and lonesome.

b. by (or on) one's lonesome, all alone, without company or assistance. (Cf. lone adj. 6b). colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adverb]

alonelyc1450

solitarilyc1450

lonesomely1771

lonelily1850

by (one's) lee-lone1887

by (or on) one's lonesome1899

on one's ace1903

1899 C. J. C. Hyne Further Adventures Capt. Kettle ii. 31 No, Kettle, if I'm to get well, some white man will have to go up by his lonesome for me, and square that witch doctor by some trick of the tongue.

1908 Daily Chron. 13 Aug. 5/7 Then, parting from him,..I went, all by my lonesome, along the Madeira Walk.

1920 B. Cronin Timber Wolves 125 ‘When I marry Amelia Peters,’ says George, ‘you can hit the trail on your lonesome.’

1953 H. Miller Plexus (1963) xii. 442 That evening I wandered off by my lonesome.

1973 G. Beare Snake on Grave ii. 10 One of Rommel's 88's had taken care of his old man somewhere in the Western Desert, and that had left Latch on his lonesome.

c. lonesome for.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > long or yearn for [verb (transitive)]

yearneOE

yearnOE

copena1225

longc1225

to yawn after or fora1250

yerec1275

to stand to ——a1400

hungerc1450

ache1622

desiderate1646

sigh1650

tire1801

lonesome for1905

1905 Smart Set Sept. 74 [He]..had become exceedingly lonesome for the nice young man.

1935 M. de la Roche Young Renny xi. 98 Bob has gone in to see Lizzie. She's feeling a bit lonesome for a sight of him.

2. Of localities, etc.: Solitary, unfrequented, desolate. In later use, chiefly with emotional sense: Causing feelings of loneliness, making one feel forlorn.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [adjective] > unfrequented

solitaryc1374

solein1390

insolentc1420

dern1488

uncoutha1542

unvisited1548

unhaunted1568

wasteful1573

unfrequented1594

untraded1596

sole1598

frequentlessa1607

unfrequenting1609

unrepaired to1615

unfrequent1618

lonely1645

lonesome1647

infrequented1675

lone1712

lonelyish1900

the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [adjective] > causing loneliness

lonesome1799

lonely1813

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adjective] > feeling lonely > causing feeling of loneliness

lonesome1800

lonely1813

1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. App. xlix [They] dance..Around an huge black Goat, in loansome wood.

a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 276 Neither shall we content our selves in lonesome tunes, and private soliloquies, to whisper out the Divine praises.

1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 495 If a man walk into loansome Fields amongst the Beasts.

1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent ii. i An unfrequented Vale,..within whose lonesome Shade, Ravens and Birds ill omen'd, only dwell.

1799 W. Wordsworth Infl. Nat. Objects 18 In November days When vapours rolling down the valleys made A lonely scene more lonesome.

1800 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Mariner (rev. ed.) vi, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads (ed. 2) I. 187 Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread.

1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. xiii. 199 In her lonesome cottage.

1901 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 60/2 This is the lonesomest place on earth.

Derivatives

ˈlonesomely adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adverb]

alonelyc1450

solitarilyc1450

lonesomely1771

lonelily1850

by (one's) lee-lone1887

by (or on) one's lonesome1899

on one's ace1903

1771 E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton II. 275 Honest old Saunders,..wonders mightily at my lordship, for passing my time so lonesomely, as he phrases it.

1857 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 24 41 The gas lamps..gleam lonesomely.

ˈlonesomeness n.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun]

onenessOE

alangenessc1330

solitudec1374

alonenessc1384

solenessc1449

solitarinessa1533

solitarnessa1578

lonelinessa1586

lonedom1612

lonesomeness1702

solitarity1811

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vi. i. 3/2 His Lonesomeness was now become as much as any Hermit could have wished for.

1822 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 54 310 A shy lonesomeness of disposition.

1884 Cent. Mag. 29 268 We would watch the lonesomeness of the river.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lonesome
释义	lonesomeadj. Brit. /ˈləʊns(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈloʊnsəm/ Forms: Also 1600s loansome, 1700s–1800s Scottish lanesome. Etymology: < lone adj. + -some suffix¹. 1. a. Of persons, their condition, feelings, etc.: Solitary, lonely. In later use, chiefly in emotional sense: Having a feeling of solitude or loneliness; feeling lonely or forlorn. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > caused by solitude lonesome1647 lonely1811 lonea1839 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > condition of being alone > [adjective] oneeOE onlepyOE onlyOE alonec1175 single1340 soleinc1381 solitaire1382 singularc1384 solec1400 oddc1480 alonelya1513 uncompanieda1547 a-high-lone1565 bird-alone1572 self-one1602 insociate1606 unmated1615 lonesome1647 solo1727 uncompanioned1809 unfellowed1887 Pat Malone1937 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adjective] > feeling lonely lonesome1647 lonely1811 lonea1839 1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. lxxvi Where he with him the loansome night did passe. 1700 R. Blackmore Isaiah xiv, in Paraphr. Job 257 The lonesome Bittern shall possess This Fenny Seat. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 348 Again his Harp the lonesom Poet strung. 1796 H. Macneill Waes o' War iv. 29 Light the lanesome hours gae round. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxii. 213 You must keep up your spirits mother, and not be lonesome because I'm not at home. 1876 S. Smiles Life Sc. Naturalist iv. 71 The boy began to feel very weary and lonesome. b. by (or on) one's lonesome, all alone, without company or assistance. (Cf. lone adj. 6b). colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adverb] alonelyc1450 solitarilyc1450 lonesomely1771 lonelily1850 by (one's) lee-lone1887 by (or on) one's lonesome1899 on one's ace1903 1899 C. J. C. Hyne Further Adventures Capt. Kettle ii. 31 No, Kettle, if I'm to get well, some white man will have to go up by his lonesome for me, and square that witch doctor by some trick of the tongue. 1908 Daily Chron. 13 Aug. 5/7 Then, parting from him,..I went, all by my lonesome, along the Madeira Walk. 1920 B. Cronin Timber Wolves 125 ‘When I marry Amelia Peters,’ says George, ‘you can hit the trail on your lonesome.’ 1953 H. Miller Plexus (1963) xii. 442 That evening I wandered off by my lonesome. 1973 G. Beare Snake on Grave ii. 10 One of Rommel's 88's had taken care of his old man somewhere in the Western Desert, and that had left Latch on his lonesome. c. lonesome for. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > long or yearn for [verb (transitive)] yearneOE yearnOE copena1225 longc1225 to yawn after or fora1250 yerec1275 to stand to ——a1400 hungerc1450 ache1622 desiderate1646 sigh1650 tire1801 lonesome for1905 1905 Smart Set Sept. 74 [He]..had become exceedingly lonesome for the nice young man. 1935 M. de la Roche Young Renny xi. 98 Bob has gone in to see Lizzie. She's feeling a bit lonesome for a sight of him. 2. Of localities, etc.: Solitary, unfrequented, desolate. In later use, chiefly with emotional sense: Causing feelings of loneliness, making one feel forlorn. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [adjective] > unfrequented solitaryc1374 solein1390 insolentc1420 dern1488 uncoutha1542 unvisited1548 unhaunted1568 wasteful1573 unfrequented1594 untraded1596 sole1598 frequentlessa1607 unfrequenting1609 unrepaired to1615 unfrequent1618 lonely1645 lonesome1647 infrequented1675 lone1712 lonelyish1900 the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [adjective] > causing loneliness lonesome1799 lonely1813 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adjective] > feeling lonely > causing feeling of loneliness lonesome1800 lonely1813 1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. App. xlix [They] dance..Around an huge black Goat, in loansome wood. a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 276 Neither shall we content our selves in lonesome tunes, and private soliloquies, to whisper out the Divine praises. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 495 If a man walk into loansome Fields amongst the Beasts. 1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent ii. i An unfrequented Vale,..within whose lonesome Shade, Ravens and Birds ill omen'd, only dwell. 1799 W. Wordsworth Infl. Nat. Objects 18 In November days When vapours rolling down the valleys made A lonely scene more lonesome. 1800 S. T. Coleridge Anc. Mariner (rev. ed.) vi, in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads (ed. 2) I. 187 Like one, that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread. 1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. xiii. 199 In her lonesome cottage. 1901 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 60/2 This is the lonesomest place on earth. Derivatives ˈlonesomely adv. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adverb] alonelyc1450 solitarilyc1450 lonesomely1771 lonelily1850 by (one's) lee-lone1887 by (or on) one's lonesome1899 on one's ace1903 1771 E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton II. 275 Honest old Saunders,..wonders mightily at my lordship, for passing my time so lonesomely, as he phrases it. 1857 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 24 41 The gas lamps..gleam lonesomely. ˈlonesomeness n. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun] onenessOE alangenessc1330 solitudec1374 alonenessc1384 solenessc1449 solitarinessa1533 solitarnessa1578 lonelinessa1586 lonedom1612 lonesomeness1702 solitarity1811 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vi. i. 3/2 His Lonesomeness was now become as much as any Hermit could have wished for. 1822 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 54 310 A shy lonesomeness of disposition. 1884 Cent. Mag. 29 268 We would watch the lonesomeness of the river. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1647
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