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单词 doomful
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doomfuladj.

/ˈduːmfʊl/
Etymology: < doom n. + -ful suffix.
Fraught with or involving doom; fateful.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [adjective] > fraught with destiny > fraught with doom
doomful1592
befate1659
doom-laden1938
1592 E. Spenser Sonn. to G. Harvey in G. Harvey Foure Lett. 75 For Life, and Death is in thy doomefull writing.
1630 J. Taylor Vrania i, in Wks. 1/1 Eternal God, which..at the doomefull day will once unhaspe Th' accusing booke of Subiects and of Kings.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. vi. vii. 410 Think what a volley: reverberating doomful to the four corners of Paris.

Draft additions 1993

ˈdoomfully adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [adverb] > fraught with or involving fate or destiny
doomfully1949
1949 S. Spender Edge of Being 53 As though to live were to be doomfully blind.
1981 N.Y. Times 29 Nov. xi. 47/2 This usual group of corporate Pollyannas looks at a reservoir that's half full and doomfully declares that it's half empty.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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