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yearnsome en · ADJ

Etymology

From yearn + -some.

Meanings

1. Expressing, indicating, or full of yearning; yearnful; desirous.
   • He'd been on Mir for six months, and was kind of yearnsome for new company. 1990, Pete Davies, Dollarville:
   • And ah! a yearnsome sigh / Escapes from scores of swains, who far and nigh / To win the slightest notice vainly try, […] 1919, Winter Sports Verse:
   • I'm in complete control, my yearnsome drones. 2005, Paul Seaton, Cats Don't Eat Pancakes:

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