dernful

adj

dernful

adj

/ˈdɜː(ɹ)nfəl/

Etymology From dern + -ful.

1

Obsolete, Poetic secret, lonely, sad, or mournful

dernful noise1595, Edmund Spenser, The Mourning Muse of Thestylis:
dernful alley1886, George Moore, A Drama in Muslin:

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