Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAIN'FUL-NESS
PAIN'FUL-NESS, n.
- Uneasiness or distress of body. – South.
- Affliction; sorrow; grief; disquietude or distress of mind.
- Laborious effort or diligence; toil. – Hooker.
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