Today's Word "woebegone"
Beset with woe
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woebegone \WOE-bee-gon\ (adjective) -1 : Beset or overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief or sorrow; woeful. 2 : Being in a sorry condition; dismal-looking; dilapidated; run-down.
"Jenna's mere presence made Frank's woebegone little apartment seem larger and more cheerful, without moving a speck of dust and a single article of dirty clothing."
Woebegone is from Middle English wo begon, from wo (from Old English wa, used to express grief) + begon, past participle of begon, "to go about, to beset," from Old English began, bigan, from bi-, "around, about" + gan, "to go."
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