English Explanatory Dictionary

sorriness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or quality of being sorry; regret.
  2. Worthlessness; wretchedness.

Word forms

sorriness

Etymology

From Middle English sorinesse, from Old English sāriġnes, from Proto-West Germanic *sairaganassī, *sairīganassī; equivalent to sorry + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian searigens (“soreness, tenderness”).

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