yearny

English

adj

Definitions

Indicating strong desire, passion, or longing; eager.
Overly desirous; sentimental.

Etymology

Suffix from English yearn (desire strongly).

Origin

English

yearn

Gloss

desire strongly

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

beyearn English
yearn English
yearner English
yearnest English
yearneth English
yearnful English
yearnsome English
yernen Middle English