LONESOMES

Noun

lonesomes

plural of lonesome

You and me is headin' north and west, all by our lonesomes.

Source: Wiktionary


LONESOME

Lone"some, a. [Compar. Lonesomer; superl. Lonesomest.]

1. Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings; solitary. Like one that on a lonesome road Doth walk in fear and dread. Coleridge .

2. Conscious of, and somewhat depressed by, solitude; as, to feel lonesome.

– Lone"some*ly, adv.

– Lone"some*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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