seeksorrow
English
noun
Definitions
- A person who acts to their own detriment, contriving to give themselves vexation; a self-tormentor.
Etymology
Compound from English seek + English sorrow.
Origin
English
sorrow
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beseek English
- besorrow English
- foreseek English
- forseek English
- misseek English
- outseek English
- oversorrow English
- reseek English
- seek English
- seekable English
- seeker English
- seekest English
- seeketh English
- seeking English
- sorrow English
- sorrow-ridden English
- sorrower English
- sorrowest English
- sorroweth English
- sorrowful English
- sorrowless English
- sorrowly English
- sorrowsome English
- sorrowy English
- underseek English
- upseek English
- seken Middle English
- sorow Middle English