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questosus

questosus [LL questus+-osus] 1 full of grievance, lament, or complaint, plaintive. Franci ‥ calamitatibus pressi regem Karolum appetunt, ~is clamoribus unanimiter interpellant. quorum querimoniis rex ‥ permotus ‥ Diceto Abbr. Norm. 246; ~is clamoribus ‥ regem adeunt ‥ conquerentes, populum Christianum ob ejus inertiam paganorum incursionibus deperisse M. Par. Maj. I 441 (= Eul. Hist. II 190). 2 sad, lamentable. hec ‥ lacrymose miserie facies, hic ~e tragedie inhonestissimus modus G. Steph. 78 p. 154.

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