woe|be|gone

woe|be|gone
woe|be|gone «WOH bih GN, -GON», adjective.
1. looking sad, sorrowful, or wretched.
2. Obsolete. beset with woe or woes. Also, wobegone.
[< Middle English wo bigon, in phrase me is wo begon woe has beset me < wo woe + begon beset]

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