dreariheadn.
/ˈdrɪərɪhɛd/ archaic.
1. Sadness, sorrow; = dreariness n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun] > state or condition of
drearinessa1000
woeOE
sorrinessOE
sorrowfulnessa1250
heavinessc1275
sorrownessc1300
dreariheada1325
moanc1390
sadnessc1400
grievedness1571
ruthfulness1596
mournfulness1633
waila1682
drearihood1817
woebegoneness1841
tristfulness1847
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1122 So ist nu forwent mirie dale In-to dririhed and in-to bale.
c1400 Rom. Rose 4728 Delite right fulle of hevynesse, And dreried fulle of gladnesse.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Cc5v Suddein feare and ghastly drerihedd.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ii. sig. Dd3 What euill plight Hath..with sad drearyhead Chaunged thy liuely cheare.
a1764 R. Lloyd Progr. Envy in Poet. Wks. (1774) I. 138 Fit place for melancholy drearyhead.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 92 Cast somewhat off, O friend, thy drearyhead.
2. Dismalness, gloominess; = dreariness n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun] > gloomy quality
drear1563
dreariment1579
drearihead1591
cloudinessa1600
dismalness1620
dolesomeness1625
cheerlessnessa1631
joylessnessa1631
drearihood1647
clouding1654
dismality1723
dreariness1727
mirthlessness1727
sombre1795
undelighta1822
sombreness1847
sombrousness1847
unhomelikeness1858
drearness1861
comfortlessness1865
unhomeliness1879
1591 E. Spenser Muiopotmos in Complaints sig. V4v She grew to hideous shape of dryrihed.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems i. iii. xi If't [the sun] appear In rounder shape with skouling dreryhed.
1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes I. vii. 36 Other sound there was none in this land of drearihead.
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