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wist⋅ful
[wist-fuh
l] 
–adjective
| 1. | characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning. |
| 2. | pensive, esp. in a melancholy way. |
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| wist·ful (wĭst'fəl) adj.
[From obsolete wistly, intently.] wist'ful·ly adv., wist'ful·ness n. |
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Wistful
Wist"ful\, a. [For wishful; perhaps influenced by wistly, which is probably corrupted from OE. wisly certainly (from Icel. viss certain, akin to E. wit). See Wish.]1. Longing; wishful; desirous. Lifting up one of my sashes, I cast many a wistful, melancholy look towards the sea. --Swift. 2. Full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive; contemplative. That he who there at such an hour hath been, Will wistful linger on that hallowed spot. --Byron. -- Wist"ful*ly, adv. -- Wist"ful*ness, n.
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Language Translation for : wistful
Spanish:
pensativo, melancólico,
German:
sehnsüchtig,
Japanese:
もの欲しそうな
wistful
1613, "closely attentive," from obsolete wist "intent" (c.1500), of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed on the model of wishful. The meaning of "yearningly eager" is first recorded 1714.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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