yearnsome

adj

yearnsome

adj

Etymology From yearn + -some.

1

Expressing, indicating, or full of yearning; yearnful; desirous.

  • And ah! a yearnsome sigh / Escapes from scores of swains, who far and nigh / To win the slightest notice vainly try, […]1919, Winter Sports Verse:
  • He'd been on Mir for six months, and was kind of yearnsome for new company.1990, Pete Davies, Dollarville:
1 more example
  • I'm in complete control, my yearnsome drones.2005, Paul Seaton, Cats Don't Eat Pancakes:

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