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Definition of 'sorrowy'

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (obsolete) Sorrowful.
  • * 1803 , “The War-Torn Veteran”, in The Evening Post'', reprinted in ''The Balance,, and Columbian Repository , Volume II, page 216:
  • With rev’rence I approach’d a hoary seer,
    Who, bending o’er his crutch, seem’d lost in woe,
    And many a sigh and many a sorrowy tear,
    Spoke plain as words “Ah! whither can I go?”