Meanings
adjectivesorrowy (comparative more sorrowy, superlative most sorrowy)
comparative more sorrowy · superlative most sorrowy
- obsoleteSorrowful.
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?”
1803, “The War-Torn Veteran”, in The Evening Post, reprinted in The Balance,, and Columbian Repository, Volume II, page 216
Origin
- Middle Englishsorowy
- Englishsorrowy
From Middle English sorowy, equivalent to sorrow + -y.
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sorrowy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sorrowy
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