Etymology

anxom

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Today it means: Anxious. Full definition →

Middle English ange
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  1. Middle English · derived fromange“vexation, trouble, pain”
  2. English todayanxom

From anx- (“anxious”) + -some. Alternatively from Middle English ange (“vexation, trouble, pain”) + -some.

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