Wōe'-be-gōne', a.

a. [Eng. woe and O. Eng. begone, visited, happened to, from be, prefix, and go, p. p. gone: A. S. begangan, to walk around, obtain, follow.] Overwhelmed with woe; immersed in grief and sorrow. “So woe-begone was he with pains of love.” Fairfax.