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woesome

[woh-suh m]

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adjective Archaic.

Origin of woesome

First recorded in 1810–20; woe + -some¹

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Examples from the Web for woesome

Historical Examples of woesome

In yon sea-chest be the lawful shares of all the woesome lads he marooned this day.
Blackbeard: Buccaneer
Ralph D. Paine
The heaving of the great pans, like battering-rams against the sides of the Neptune, made a woesome noise below decks.
A Labrador Doctor
Wilfred Thomason Grenfell