gonesome

English

Etymology

gone +‎ -some

Adjective

gonesome (comparative more gonesome, superlative most gonesome)

1. (US, regional, colloquial) Synonym of gone (“weak; faint; feeling goneness”)
   • 2011, Dorothy Scarborough, The Wind, page 102:

     As they settled themselves at the table, he observed with gloom, "I hope you've got a gonesome feelin' round yore waistband, 'cause if you ain't, this here fodder won't seem tasty."