woe-begone Meaning, Definition & Usage

Woe"-be*gone` adjective

Etymology

OE. wo begon. See Woe, and Begone, p. p.

Definitions

1. Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful. Chaucer.

   So woe-begone was he with pains of love. Fairfax.