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yearny

adj

Etymology

From yearn + -y.

  1. derived from *gʰer-✻ — “to yearn for”
  2. inherited from *girnijaną✻ — “to desire, want”
  3. inherited from *girnijan✻ — “to be eager for, desire”
  4. inherited from ġeornan — “to desire, yearn; to beg”
  5. inherited from yernen
  6. suffixed as yearny — “yearn + y”

Definitions

  1. Indicating strong desire, passion, or longing

    Indicating strong desire, passion, or longing; eager.

    • It was beautiful and made me feel yearny for home.
    • I was slooshying more like malenky romantic songs, what they call Lieder, just a goloss and a piano, very quiet and like yearny, different from when it had been all bolshy orchestras and me lying on the bed between […]

  2. Overly desirous

    Overly desirous; sentimental.

    • "Long Ago and Far Away," "Sentimental Journey": "Never thought my heart could be so yearny, Why did I decide to roam? Gotta take that sentimental journey, Sentimental journey home."
    • Apart from the pathetic yearny crush bit, obviously.

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