Wistful (adj)
wist-ful
characterized by melancholy or longing.
First recorded in 1605–15; obsolete wist “quiet, silent, attentive” (variant of whist2) + -ful
Example sentences
“she sat quietly, a wistful look on her anguished face.”
Ireful (adj) ayur-ful full of intense anger; wrathful. Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; ire, -ful (more…)
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
