earm-cearig

earm-cearig, adj: miserable and sad. (EH-arm-CHEH-ah-rih / ˈɛaɹm-ˌtʃɛa-ɹɪj)

Melancholic cat plays the lyre in a Book of Hours. France, 15th century. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 662, fol. 21r. From discarding images.

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