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wye | woe |

As a proper noun wye

is a river of england and wales, the fifth-longest in the uk.

As a noun woe is

grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.

As an adjective woe is

(obsolete) woeful; sorrowful.

wye

English

Alternative forms

* wy

Etymology 1

Attested as wi'' c. 1200. Of uncertain origin. Perhaps cognate with Old French ''ui'' or ''gui.

Noun

(en noun)
  • A wye-shaped object: a wye-level, wye-connected. Especially a Y-shaped connection of three sections of road or railroad track.
    • By going around the wye, a train can change direction.
    See also
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    Etymology 2

    (etyl) wiga .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (poetic, obsolete) A warrior or fighter.
  • (poetic, obsolete) A hero; a man, person.

    • Anagrams

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    woe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.
  • * Milton
    • Thus saying, from her side the fatal key, / Sad instrument of all our woe , she took.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • [They] weep each other's woe .
  • A curse; a malediction.
  • * South
    • Can there be a woe or curse in all the stores of vengeance equal to the malignity of such a practice?

    Derived terms

    * in weal or woe * woeful * woe is me

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) woeful; sorrowful
  • * Robert of Brunne
    • His clerk was woe to do that deed.
  • * Chaucer
    • Woe was this knight and sorrowfully he sighed.
  • * Spenser
    • And looking up he waxed wondrous woe .

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