sorrowy

sorrowy

English

Etymology

From Middle English sorowy, equivalent to sorrow +‎ -y.

Adjective

sorrowy (comparative more sorrowy, superlative most sorrowy)

1. (obsolete) Sorrowful.
   • 1803, “The War-Torn Veteran”, in The Evening Post, reprinted in The Balance,, and Columbian Repository, Volume II, page 216:

     With rev’rence I approach’d a hoary seer,

     Who, bending o’er his crutch, seem’d lost in woe,

     And many a sigh and many a sorrowy tear,

     Spoke plain as words “Ah! whither can I go?”