† weepfuladj.
Obsolete. rare.
Full of weeping, mournful.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [adjective]
weepingc900
wopi?c1225
greetingfula1340
greetyc1350
weeplyc1374
weepfula1382
weepinglyc1440
lachrymablec1450
moistc1450
lachrymous1490
rainy1563
tearfula1586
greeting1588
collachrymate1593
crying1594
onion-eyeda1616
maudlinc1616
rheumatica1627
fluxed1628
lachrymalc1630
crystal-droppinga1650
showery1654
lugent1656
Niobean1665
lachrymary1693
lachrymose1727
moist-eyed1797
larmoyant1824
pluviose1824
ploratory1831
lachrymating1837
screwmatic1847
pipy1861
weepy1863
blarting1898
leaky1905
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xviii. 10 And wepful weiling [L. flebilis planctus] of bewepte ȝunge childer was herd.
1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Wickliffe), and in later Dicts. ]
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