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sorrowy en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English sorowy, equivalent to sorrow + -y.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Sorrowful.
   • With rev’rence I approach’d a hoary seer, Who, bending o’er his crutch, seem’d lost in woe, And many a sigh and many a sorrowy tear, Spoke plain as words “Ah! whither can I go?” 1803, “The War-Torn Veteran”, in The Evening Post, reprinted in The Balance,, and Columbian Repository, Volume II, page 216

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