Etymology

yearnful

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Today it means: Filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing. Full definition →

Middle English yernful ← Old English ġearnfull
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  1. Old English · inherited fromġearnfull
  2. Middle English · inherited fromyernful
  3. English todayyearnful

From Middle English yernful, ȝeornful, from Old English ġearnfull, ġeornful (“desirous, eager, zealous, diligent, anxious”), equivalent to yearn + -ful.

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