Yearnsome
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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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