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sorriness

noun

Etymology

From Middle English sorinesse, from Old English sāriġnes, from Proto-West Germanic *sairaganassī, *sairīganassī; equivalent to sorry + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian searigens (“soreness, tenderness”).

  1. inherited from *sairaganassī✻
  2. inherited from sāriġnes
  3. inherited from sorinesse

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being sorry

    The state or quality of being sorry; regret.

  2. Worthlessness

    Worthlessness; wretchedness.

    • His friend, Mr. Smith, thought that "a sorry farmer on a sorry farm is a sorry sight." Bill hardly attained that level of sorriness.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA