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woesome

[ woh-suhm ]

adjective

Archaic.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of woesome1

First recorded in 1810–20; woe + -some 1
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At least, that's the good news for incompetent golfers in New York after the state's top court ruled that players who inflict their woesome form on others without even giving a courtesy warning call are not liable for damages.

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Thou art allied to long-hair'd cherubim, And I a something undesired of these, With woesome lips and eyes for ever dim.

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In yon sea-chest be the lawful shares of all the woesome lads he marooned this day.

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He had another woesome account of a sloop-of-war in which he had gone through the Straits of Magellan.

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For six months after I left home I was right woesome.

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