disconsolacy

English

Noun

disconsolacy (uncountable)

1. The state of being disconsolate.

   Synonyms: disconsolation, disconsolateness

   • a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). An Exposition on the Creed”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:

     a state of extreme penury, baseness, and disconsolacy

   • 2011, Stephen Fry, Moab Is My Washpot:

     There was a fierce disconsolacy in his expression. I have described him to you as beautiful, which is a senseless description, a space that you will have to fill for yourself with your own picture of beauty

References

• “disconsolacy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.