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do⋅lor

  [doh-ler]
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–noun
sorrow; grief.
Also, especially British, dolour.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME dolour (< AF) < L dolor, equiv. to dol(ēre) to feel pain + -or -or 1
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do·lor   (dō'lər)   
n.  Sorrow; grief.

[Middle English dolour, from Old French, from Latin dolor, pain, from dolēre, to suffer, feel pain.]
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Dolor

Do"lor\, n. [OE. dolor, dolur, dolour, F. douleur, L. dolor, fr. dolere. See 1st Dole.] Pain; grief; distress; anguish. [Written also dolour.] [Poetic]

Of death and dolor telling sad tidings. --Spenser.
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Language Translation for : dolor
Spanish: dolor,
German: der Schmerz,
Japanese: 痛み
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Main Entry: do·lor
Variant: or chiefly British do·lour /'dO-l&r, 'däl-&r/
Function: noun
1 obsolete : physical pain —used in old medicine as one of five cardinal symptoms of inflammation
2 : mental suffering or anguish
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dolor do·lor (dō'lər)
n.

  1. Pain.
  2. Sorrow; grief.
do'lo·rif'ic adj.

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