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woebegone
What does woebegone mean?
woebegone (adjective): affected by or full of grief or woe.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce woebegone?
/ˈwoʊbɪˌɡɔn/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does woebegone come from?
From Middle English wo-bigon, wo-begon (“(adjective) deeply affected by woe, distressed, sorrowful, wretched; affected by physical impairment or pain; tired, weary; abominable, cursed; (noun) unfortunate person, wretch”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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