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English
Etymology
From mourn + -some.
Adjective
mournsome (comparative more mournsome, superlative most mournsome)
- Characterised by mourning; mournful
1869, R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor:Then there came a mellow noise, very low and mournsome, not a sound to be afraid of, but to long to know the meaning, with a soft rise of the hair.
2002, Pat Stewart, Bill Laforme, Key Light:I become the wind. I wind and wend my mournsome way, I thread the trees with keening.
2012, Lou Cameron, Stringer and the Hangman's Rodeo:“That sure sounds mournsome, ma'am. Who looked after you when you ran out of kin entire?”