WOEBEGONE


Meaning of WOEBEGONE in English

— woebegoneness , n.

/woh"bi gawn', -gon'/ , adj.

1. beset with woe; affected by woe, esp. in appearance.

2. showing or indicating woe: He always had a woebegone look on his face.

[ 1300-50; ME wo begon orig., woe (has or had) surrounded (someone); wo WOE + begon, ptp. of begon, OE began to surround, besiege (see BE-, GO 1 ) ]

Syn. 2. suffering, troubled, forlorn, gloomy.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .