See Also: commiserable(dictionary)

lin (iou) and commiserable (iou)


lin (iou)



lin verb. Long obsolete exc. Scot. & north. Infl. -nn-.
[Old English linnan = Old High German bilinnan, Old Norse linna, Gothic aflinnan, from Germanic, from base also of LITHE adjective.]
verb intrans. Cease (to do), leave off; desist (from); (of the wind) drop. OE-E18.
b. Fail, omit, to do. Only in E18.
verb trans. Cease from, leave off, discontinue. ME.

commiserable (iou)



commiserable adjective. E17.
[from COMMISERATE + -ABLE.]
Deserving commiseration.