"woesome" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwəʊsəm/ Forms: more woesome [comparative], most woesome [superlative]
Etymology: From woe + -some. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|woe|some}} woe + -some Head templates: {{en-adj}} woesome (comparative more woesome, superlative most woesome)
  1. Characterised or marked by woe; woeful
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          "ref": "c. 1765, John Langhorne, Owen of Carron",
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          "ref": "2011, Jan Tucker Mulligan, Smuggler's Legacy",
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          "text": "To dissect my thoughts is a woesome tale [...]",
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          "ref": "2016, Jack Kerouac, Desolation Angels",
          "text": "But here comes woesome old me and my maw down the yard with battered suitcases arriving almost like phantoms dripping from the sea.",
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