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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sad  \Sad\  (s[a^]d),  a.  [Compar.  {Sadder};  supperl.  {Saddest}.] 
  [OE.  sad  sated,  tired,  satisfied,  firm,  steadfast,  AS  s[ae]d 
  satisfied,  sated;  akin  to  D.  zat,  OS  sad,  G.  satt,  OHG.  sat, 
  Icel.  sa[eth]r,  saddr,  Goth.  sa[thorn]s,  Lith.  sotus,  L.  sat, 
  satis,  enough,  satur  sated,  Gr  'a`menai  to  satiate,  'a`dnh 
  enough.  Cf  {Assets},  {Sate},  {Satiate},  {Satisfy}, 
  {Satire}.] 
  1.  Sated;  satisfied;  weary;  tired.  [Obs.] 
 
  Yet  of  that  art  they  can  not  waxen  sad,  For  unto 
  them  it  is  a  bitter  sweet.  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  Heavy;  weighty;  ponderous;  close  hard.  [Obs.,  except  in  a 
  few  phrases;  as  sad  bread.] 
 
  His  hand,  more  sad  than  lump  of  lead.  --Spenser. 
 
  Chalky  lands  are  naturally  cold  and  sad.  --Mortimer. 
 
  3.  Dull;  grave;  dark;  somber;  --  said  of  colors. 
  ``Sad-colored  clothes.''  --Walton. 
 
  Woad,  or  wade,  is  used  by  the  dyers  to  lay  the 
  foundation  of  all  sad  colors.  --Mortimer. 
 
  4.  Serious;  grave;  sober;  steadfast;  not  light  or  frivolous. 
  [Obs.]  ``Ripe  and  sad  courage.''  --Chaucer. 
 
  Lady  Catharine,  a  sad  and  religious  woman.  --Bacon. 
 
  Which  treaty  was  wisely  handled  by  sad  and  discrete 
  counsel  of  both  parties.  --Ld.  Berners 
 
  5.  Affected  with  grief  or  unhappiness;  cast  down  with 
  affliction;  downcast;  gloomy;  mournful. 
 
  First  were  we  sad,  fearing  you  would  not  come  Now 
  sadder,  that  you  come  so  unprovided.  --Shak. 
 
  The  angelic  guards  ascended,  mute  and  sad.  --Milton. 
 
  6.  Afflictive;  calamitous;  causing  sorrow;  as  a  sad 
  accident;  a  sad  misfortune. 
 
  7.  Hence  bad  naughty;  troublesome;  wicked.  [Colloq.]  ``Sad 
  tipsy  fellows,  both  of  them.''  --I.  Taylor. 
 
  Note:  Sad  is  sometimes  used  in  the  formation  of 
  self-explaining  compounds;  as  sad-colored,  sad-eyed, 
  sad-hearted,  sad-looking,  and  the  like 
 
  {Sad  bread},  heavy  bread.  [Scot.  &  Local,  U.S.]  --Bartlett. 
 
  Syn:  Sorrowful;  mournful;  gloomy;  dejected;  depressed; 
  cheerless;  downcast;  sedate;  serious;  grave;  grievous; 
  afflictive;  calamitous.




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