Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Mournful.

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Examples

  • Then there came a mellow noise, very low and mournsome, not

    Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004

  • 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.

    Lorna Doone; a Romance of Exmoor 1862

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