Category:Wistful

Wist"ful, a. Etym: [for wishful; perhaps influenced by wistly, which Is probably corrupted from oe. wisly certainly (from icel. viss Certain, akin to e. wit). See wish.]

1. Longing; wishful; desirous. Lifting up one of my sashes, i cast many a wistful, melancholy look Towards the sea. Swift.

2. Full of thought; eagerly attentive; meditative; musing; pensive; Contemplative. That he who there at such an hour hath been, will wistful linger on That hallowed spot. Byron. -- wist"ful*ly, adv. -- wist"ful*ness, n.