desolate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Related terms 1.6 External links 2 Italian 2.1 Adjective

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English < Latin desolatus, pp. desolare (“‘to leave alone, make lonely, lay waste, desolate’”) < solus (“‘alone’”).

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desolate (comparative more desolate, superlative most desolate)

1. deserted and devoid of inhabitants
2. barren and lifeless
3. made unfit for habitation or use
4. dismal or dreary
5. sad, forlorn and hopeless

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to desolate (third-person singular simple present desolates, present participle desolating, simple past and past participle desolated)

1. To deprive somewhere of inhabitants; to devastate or lay waste somewhere; to abandon or forsake something; to make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

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• desolation

[edit] External links

• desolate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• desolate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• desolate at OneLook® Dictionary Search

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[edit] Adjective

desolate

1. Feminine plural of desolato