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woe
English
Etymology
From Middle English wo, wei, wa, from Old English w?, w?, from Proto-Germanic *wai (interjection), whence also Dutch wee, German Weh, weh, Danish ve, Yiddish ????? (vey). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wáy (interjection). Compare Latin vae, Albanian vaj, French ouais, Ancient Greek ???? (ouaí), Persian ???? (vây) (Turkish vay, a Persian borrowing), and Armenian ??? (vay).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??/
- (General American) enPR: w?, IPA(key): /wo?/
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophone: whoa (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Noun
woe (countable and uncountable, plural woes)
- Great sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness.
- Synonyms: grief, sorrow, misery
- 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- Thus saying, from her side the fatal key, / Sad instrument of all our woe, she took.
- 1717, Alexander Pope, Eloisa to Abelard
- Soon as thy letters trembling I unclose / That well-known name awakens all my woes.
- October 14 2017, Sandeep Moudgal, The Times of India, Rains devastate families, political parties make beeline to apply balm on open wounds
- The Friday night rains which wrecked families in Kurabarahalli saw all the three major political parties making a beeline to express their condolences, listen to their woes and provide compensation in the hope of garnering their goodwill ahead of the 2018 assembly elections.
- Calamity, trouble.
- A curse; a malediction.
- Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice?
Derived terms
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Adjective
woe (comparative more woe, superlative most woe)
- (obsolete) Woeful; sorrowful
- 1303, Robert of Brunne, Handlyng synne
- hys clerk was wo to do þat dede
- Wo was the knight and sorroufully he syketh.
- 1303, Robert of Brunne, Handlyng synne
Interjection
woe
- (archaic) An exclamation of grief.
Translations
Anagrams
- owe
Limburgish
Adverb
woe
- where
Alternative forms
- boe (Maastrichtian)
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *wuo, from Proto-Germanic *hw?.
Adverb
woe
- (eastern) Alternative form of hoe
Middle English
Pronoun
woe
- Alternative form of we (“we”)
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blight
English
Etymology
Uncertain, however given that it was used at one point to refer to inflammation of the skin , quite possibly from Middle English *bleighte, *ble?te, from Old English bl?cþa (“leprosy”) (related to Old English bl??o (“paleness, leprosy”) and bl??e (“an itching skin-disease”)); or from Old Norse blikna (“to grow pallid”). Related to bleak.
Pronunciation
- enPR: bl?t, IPA(key): /bla?t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
- Homophone: blite
Noun
blight (countable and uncountable, plural blights)
- (phytopathology) A rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs.
- The bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition.
- (by extension) Anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life.
Derived terms
- blighten
Hyponyms
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Verb
blight (third-person singular simple present blights, present participle blighting, simple past and past participle blighted)
- (transitive) To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
- 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, especially Minerals, &c
- [This vapour] blasts vegetables, blights corn and fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to Men.
- 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, especially Minerals, &c
- (intransitive) To suffer blight.
- (transitive) To spoil, ruin, or destroy (something).
- 1814, Lord Byron, The Corsair
- that lone and blighted bosom sears
- 1814, Lord Byron, The Corsair
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