woebegone

adj.

US //ˈwoʊbɪˌɡɔn// UK //wˈəʊbɪɡˌɒn// woe·be·gone

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Origin

From Old English wābegān (“beset by woe”), from wā (“woe”) + begān (“to beset, to surround”). Equivalent to woe + begone (past participle of bego).