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单词 sorrowness
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sorrownessn.

Brit. /ˈsɒrəʊnəs/, U.S. /ˈsɔroʊnəs/, /ˈsɑroʊnəs/
Forms: Middle English serewnessche (south-eastern), Middle English sorewenesse, Middle English sorownesse, Middle English sorwenes, Middle English sorwenesse, 1700s– sorrowness.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sorrow n., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < sorrow n. + -ness suffix.For further possible Middle English examples reflecting reflexes of Old English inflected forms of sorrow n. with palatalized g , compare sorriness n. and see discussion at that entry.
rare.
Sorrowfulness; sadness.
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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).
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