dolour
lər noun
sorrow; grief.
Also, especially British, do·lour.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English dolour (< Anglo-French) < Latin dolor, equivalent to dol(ēre) to feel pain + -or -or1
1275–1325; Middle English dolour (< Anglo-French) < Latin dolor, equivalent to dol(ēre) to feel pain + -or -or1
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dolour or (US) dolor (ˈdɒlə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| poetic grief or sorrow | |
| [C14: from Latin, from dolēre to grieve] | |
| dolor or (US) dolor | |
| —n | |
| [C14: from Latin, from dolēre to grieve] | |
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Dolour
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| 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. |
| dolour or (US) dolor (ˈdɒlə) | |
| —n | |
| poetic grief or sorrow | |
| [C14: from Latin, from dolēre to grieve] | |
| dolor or (US) dolor | |
| —n | |
| [C14: from Latin, from dolēre to grieve] | |
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dolor do·lor (dō'lər)
n.
Pain.
Sorrow; grief.
do'lo·rif'ic adj.
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