Dernful

//ˈdɜː(ɹ)nfəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    secret, lonely, sad, or mournful obsolete, poetic

    "dernful noise"

Etymology

From dern + -ful.

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