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dolorous

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dol·or·ous

[dol-er-uhs, doh-ler-]
adjective
full of, expressing, or causing pain or sorrow; grievous; mournful: a dolorous melody; dolorous news.

Origin:
1375–1425; Middle English dolorous, dolerous < Anglo-French, Old French; see dolor, -ous

dol·or·ous·ly, adverb
dol·or·ous·ness, noun
un·dol·or·ous, adjective
un·dol·or·ous·ly, adverb
un·dol·or·ous·ness, noun
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Dolorous is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
Example Sentences
  • What happened was not all dolorous lamentation, though there is some of that.
  • It is a heavy and labored drama in the old dolorous manner.
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dolorous (ˈdɒlərəs)
 
adj
causing or involving pain or sorrow
 
'dolorously
 
adv
 
'dolorousness
 
n

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dolorous
c.1400, "causing pain," from O.Fr. doloros, from L.L. dolorosus, from L. dolor "pain, grief." Sense of "causing grief" is from mid-15c.; that of "full of sorrow" is from 1510s.
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