sorrow

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English sorh from sorg from Proto-Germanic *surgō. Cognate with Danish and Norwegian sørge, Dutch zorg, German Sorge, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌰 (saúrga), Old High German sorga, Old Norse syrgja and Swedish sorg.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: sŏr'ō, IPA: /ˈsɒrəʊ/, SAMPA: /"sQrəU/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɒrəʊ

[edit] Noun

sorrow (countable and uncountable; plural sorrows)

1. (uncountable) unhappiness, woe
2. (countable) (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

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[edit] Verb

to sorrow (third-person singular simple present sorrows, present participle sorrowing, simple past and past participle sorrowed)

1. (intransitive) To feel or express grief.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 424:

     ‘Sorrow not, sir,’ says he, ‘like those without hope.’

[edit] References

• “sorrow” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "sorrow" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.