Lexicographical Neighbors of Dearnful
Literary usage of Dearnful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"Darling. Spenser. DEARLY. Extremely. Var. dial. DEARN. (1) Lonely. North. (2) A
door-post, applied also to stone gate-posi North. dearnful. Melancholy. ..."
2. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"70. Г dem, there means in secret. The word occurs frequently in the ballad.
dearnful. Melancholy. The birds of ill presage This luckless chance foretold By ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"Extremely. Var. dial. DEARN. (1) Lonely. North. (2) A door-post, applied also to
stone gate-posts. North. dearnful. Melancholy. Spenser. DEARY. (1) Little. ..."
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