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yearnsome

adj

Etymology

From yearn + -some.

  1. derived from *gʰer-✻ — “to yearn for”
  2. inherited from *girnijaną✻ — “to desire, want”
  3. inherited from *girnijan✻ — “to be eager for, desire”
  4. inherited from ġeornan — “to desire, yearn; to beg”
  5. inherited from yernen
  6. suffixed as yearnsome — “yearn + some”

Definitions

  1. Expressing, indicating, or full of yearning

    Expressing, indicating, or full of yearning; yearnful; desirous.

    • And ah! a yearnsome sigh / Escapes from scores of swains, who far and nigh / To win the slightest notice vainly try, […]
    • He'd been on Mir for six months, and was kind of yearnsome for new company.
    • I'm in complete control, my yearnsome drones.

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