† mestfuladj.

Forms: 1500s mestful, 1500s–1600s mestfull, 1600s moestfull.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin maestus , -ful suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin maestus sad, mournful (see mestive adj.) + -ful suffix. Compare slightly earlier mestive adj.

Chiefly poetic. Obsolete.

Mournful, sad. Cf. mestive adj.

ΘΚΠ

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

1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes sig. Fv Emong all other birds, moste mestfull birde am I.

1579 Poore Knight his Pallace sig. Liv Floods of teares, for you did flow, repleat with mestful mone.

1598 R. Tofte To Pictvre Mistris in Alba sig. B Vnto whom shall I (now) dedicate This mestfull verse, this mournfull Elegie?

a1634 A. Gardyne Theatre Scotish Worthies (1878) 148 Most mestfull citie, moan and murne with me.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mestful
释义	† mestfuladj. Forms: 1500s mestful, 1500s–1600s mestfull, 1600s moestfull. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin maestus , -ful suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin maestus sad, mournful (see mestive adj.) + -ful suffix. Compare slightly earlier mestive adj. Chiefly poetic. Obsolete. Mournful, sad. Cf. mestive adj. ΘΚΠ 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 1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes sig. Fv Emong all other birds, moste mestfull birde am I. 1579 Poore Knight his Pallace sig. Liv Floods of teares, for you did flow, repleat with mestful mone. 1598 R. Tofte To Pictvre Mistris in Alba sig. B Vnto whom shall I (now) dedicate This mestfull verse, this mournfull Elegie? a1634 A. Gardyne Theatre Scotish Worthies (1878) 148 Most mestfull citie, moan and murne with me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1577
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