Yearnsome

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Expressing, indicating, or full of yearning; yearnful; desirous.

    "And ah! a yearnsome sigh / Escapes from scores of swains, who far and nigh / To win the slightest notice vainly try, […]"

Example

More examples

"And ah! a yearnsome sigh / Escapes from scores of swains, who far and nigh / To win the slightest notice vainly try, […]"

Etymology

From yearn + -some.

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