jadovan
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
jȁdōvan
- miserable, pathetic
- 1536, Petar Zoranić, Planine:
- jak ma ličca moči
- jadovna čemerna suza prez pristanka.
- And her face being consentlessly soak'd by
- a wretched and sorrowful tear.
- late 16C, Dinko Ranjina, Jednomu ki ništo ne učini a tuđe sve huli:
- Jadovni zleče moj, zavidos s kim bjesni,
- Za zle prem tolikoj ne scijeni me pjesni.
- Oh you my wretched foe, who do with envy rage,
- so great a wrath as yours my poems to not deserve.
- 1536, Petar Zoranić, Planine:
Related terms
- jadòvit, jȁdan