单词 | sorrowness |
释义 | sorrownessn. rare. Sorrowfulness; sadness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun] > state or condition of drearinessa1000 woeOE sorrinessOE sorrowfulnessa1250 heavinessc1275 sorrownessc1300 dreariheada1325 moanc1390 sadnessc1400 grievedness1571 ruthfulness1596 mournfulness1633 waila1682 drearihood1817 woebegoneness1841 tristfulness1847 c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Laud) (1901) l. 965 (MED) Reymyld was in westnesse, Myd michel sorwenesse. c1330 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Auch.) (1966) l. 735 Beth non so fair in here gladnesse, Als thai ware in hire sorewenesse. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 422 (MED) Vnder heuen nas þat it ne miȝt haue rewþe Of his sorwenes & of his trewþe. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 3 Aldey he to senne falleþ; Her ne moȝe nauȝt pury Of serewnessche. c1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Lamb.) (1911) l. 4371 Both ymeyne and antygon, Cryden and wepte..But to her sorownesse [a1450 Arun. sorowes] that was non refut. 1496 Rote or Myrour Consolacyon & Conforte (de Worde) sig. B.vii An other is whan thou felest a remors, a sorowenes, & a dysplesure growynge in thyn herte of suche thoughtes. 1785 L. Chambaud & J. B. Robinet A. Boyer's New Dict. II. 452/2 Sadness (sorrowness), tristesse. 1817 W. M. Craig tr. G. de Lairesse Treat. Art of Painting v. xiii. 196 Is there any thing we cannot immitate with pencils and colours; whether..sorrow, joy, bitterness, sorrowness, &c. 1854 E. Hare Little Blossom's Reward vi. 99 George..did not like that story—there was too much ‘sorrowness’ in it. 1916 G. Kleiser Talks on Talking 30 A tinge of sorrowness and jealousy. 1996 JazzTimes Apr. 109/1 You really need to go find Billie Holiday and listen to that sinewy voice, the whine of a violin, the sorrowness of her. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1300 |
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