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woefulness arch.|ˈwəʊfʊlnɪs| [f. woeful + -ness.] Woeful condition; sad misery.
1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 3171 O dredefull dethe..Takynge our heed from vs..Hath brought vs to threaldome, wofulnes and peyne. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. (1922) 61 The harte stuffed up with wofulnes. 1686G. Stuart Jocoser. Disc. 2 Their waedeum [marg. Wofulness] seem'd vanish't. 1867Morris Jason xvii. 1118 He..muttered low for fear and woefulness. |