wistfulness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

wistful +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

wistfulness (usually uncountable, plural wistfulnesses)

  1. The state or characteristic of being wistful.
    • 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎[1]:
      It’s a lovely sequence cut too short because the show seems afraid to give itself over to romance and whimsy and wistfulness when it has wedgie jokes to deliver.
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