单词 | moansome |
释义 | moansomeadj. rare. Characterized by moaning; = moanful adj. 1; expressive of grief or (later also) pleasure. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > moaning or groaning > [adjective] moaninga1450 moanful1567 groaning1597 gement1656 honing1802 moany1867 moansome1873 1873 M. Doig Within Walls iii. 28 Somehow, the strains sounded peculiarly solemn in the still, dark night; as Jacobus said, it was moansome as the wind, or like the waves of the sea. 1883 J. Ingelow in Longman's Mag. Sept. 533 While lovesome and moansome thereon spake and falter'd the dove to the dove. 1994 Evening Standard (Nexis) 13 July 41 A woman..pointed..at a couple engaged in spirited foreplay..listening to their moansome exchanges on a bugging device. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1873 |
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