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adjective
1.
characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.
2.
pensive, especially in a melancholy way.
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Wistfulness
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Word Origin & History
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.
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