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Webster 1913 Edition


Woesome

Woe′some

,
Adj.
Woeful.
[Obs.]
Langhorne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Woesome

WOESOME

,
Adj.
Wosum. Woful. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


woesome

woesome

English

Adjective

woesome (comparative more woesome, superlative most woesome)

  1. (obsolete) woeful
    • John Langhorne
      'But it will make thee much bewail, / And it will make thy fair eye swell' / She said, and told the woesome tale, / As sooth as shepherdess might tell.