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  • Sad; sorrowful; gloomy: dismal.

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  • Obs. adj., Mournful, sad (fr. classical Latin maestus, sad, mournful, cognate with maerere, to be sad, mourn); cf. slightly later mestful, mestifical.

    September 3, 2008