drearimentn.
/ˈdrɪərɪmənt/ archaic.
Dreary or dismal condition, or the expression of it.
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
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Nov. 36 Sing of sorrowe and deathes dreeriment [Gloss. dreery and heauy cheere].
1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 158 Mourne my fall with dolefull dreriment.
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 1 Let some part of thy diuine dreariment liue againe in mine eyes.
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse iv. 28 Bacchus is a wise Collegian, who admits meriment, and expels dreriment.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island iii. xviii. 33 The cloudie Isle with hellish dreeriment Would soon be fill'd.
1867 C. A. Southey Poet. Wks. 110 There lay in helpless dreariment The Master loved so well.
1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason x. 82.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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