seeksorrow
seeksorrow noun: a person who acts to their own detriment, contriving to give themselves vexation; a self-tormentor.
Noun
seeksorrow (plural seeksorrows)
- A person who acts to their own detriment, contriving to give themselves vexation; a self-tormentor.
- In a bicentennial comment for Newsweek, he took issue with those who played the role of Seeksorrow. The Yale literary magazine had written him asking if he thought things were going to get worse […]2002, Scott Donaldson, 9781463430856, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 301
- When my parents drove us up to Stratford, Ontario, to see a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the word seeksorrow leapt out at me from the stage, and I've loved it ever since.2010, Phil Cousineau, Wordcatcher: An Odyssey into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words, Cleis Press, →ISBN, page xvii
Forms of seeksorrow
| plural | seeksorrows |
|---|---|
| alternative form | seek-sorrow |
Origin of seeksorrow
From seek + sorrow.
Questions about seeksorrow
- What does seeksorrow mean?
- Seeksorrow means a person who acts to their own detriment, contriving to give themselves vexation; a self-tormentor.
- What part of speech is seeksorrow?
- Seeksorrow is a noun.
- What is the plural of seeksorrow?
- The plural of seeksorrow is seeksorrows.
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