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crestfallenness

noun

Etymology

From crestfallen + -ness.

  1. inherited from *fallą✻
  2. inherited from fealle — “trap, snare”
  3. inherited from feall
  4. inherited from fal
  5. inherited from *h₃elh₁-✻ — “to collapse, fall; to destroy”
  6. inherited from *fallaną✻ — “to fall”
  7. inherited from *fallan✻ — “to fall”
  8. inherited from feallan — “to fall, fail, decay, die, attack”
  9. inherited from fallen
  10. suffixed as fallen — “fall + en”
  11. compounded as crestfallen — “crest + fallen”
  12. suffixed as crestfallenness — “crestfallen + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being crestfallen.

    • Everywhere a sullen look — everywhere that ineffable aspect of crestfallenness!

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA