Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Affliction; distress.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Anything producing torment, annoyance, or pain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete Anything producing
torment ,annoyance , orpain .
Etymologies
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torment + -ry
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Examples
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On parting-day, and left me naught save tormentry.
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But they bore it all away: * On parting-day, and left me naught save tormentry.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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