gonesome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

gone +‎ -some

Adjective[edit]

gonesome (comparative more gonesome, superlative most gonesome)

  1. (US, regional, colloquial) Synonym of gone (“weak; faint; feeling goneness”)
    • 2011, Dorothy Scarborough, The Wind, page 102:
      As they settled themselves at the table, he observed with gloom, "I hope you've got a gonesome feelin' round yore waistband, 'cause if you ain't, this here fodder won't seem tasty."
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