• Yearnsome

    Origin

    From yearn + -some.

    Full definition of yearnsome

    Adjective

    yearnsome

    1. Expressing, indicating, or full of yearning; yearnful; desirous.
      • 1919, Winter Sports Verse:And ah! a yearnsome sigh Escapes from scores of swains, who far and nigh To win the slightest notice vainly try, ...
      • 1990, Pete Davies, Dollarville:He'd been on Mir for six months, and was kind of yearnsome for new company.
      • 2005, Paul Seaton, Cats Don't Eat Pancakes:I'm in complete control, my yearnsome drones.
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