Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being lonesome, in any sense of that word.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a disposition toward being alone.
  • noun The condition of being alone; the feeling of sadness resulting from being alone.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state of being lonesome.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a disposition toward being alone

Etymologies

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lonesome +‎ -ness

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