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yearnful

adj

Etymology

From Middle English yernful, ȝeornful, from Old English ġearnfull, ġeornful (“desirous, eager, zealous, diligent, anxious”), equivalent to yearn + -ful.

  1. inherited from ġearnfull
  2. inherited from yernful

Definitions

  1. Filled with yearning

    Filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing.

    • So now lend me thy yearnful tunes to utter my sorrow.
    • Ah! they were grand days, those deep, full days, when our coming life, like an unseen organ, pealed strange, yearnful music in our ears, and our young blood cried out like a war-horse for the battle.
    • I am yearnful to know who was the unhappy person the wicked general threatened.

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