pangful

adj

pangful

adj

Etymology From pang + -ful.

1

Poetic, Rare Full of pangs; sorrowful, anguishing.

  • More he would have said; but overwhelmed with grief and infirmity, he bowed his head upon his pangful bosom […].1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CDXIX”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC:

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