dolent

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English dolent, from Old French dolent, from Latin dolēns, present participle of doleō (to grieve).

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Adjective[edit]

dolent (comparative more dolent, superlative most dolent)

  1. (archaic) Sad, sorrowful.
    • 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night:
      Poor wretch! who once hath paced that dolent city
      Shall pace it often, doomed beyond all pity,
      With horror ever deepening from the first.
    • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 148:
      ‘Did you find them all, Uncle Van?’ she inquired, sighing, laying her dolent head on his shoulder.

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin dolentem (hurting, suffering, in pain).

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Adjective[edit]

dolent (feminine dolenta, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)

  1. bad
  2. evil
    Synonyms: malvat, malèfic
  3. (Valencia) ill
    Synonym: malalt
  4. aching
  5. morally afflicted

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Verb[edit]

dolent

  1. gerund of doldre

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French dolent, from Old French dolent, borrowed from Latin dolentem (hurting, suffering).

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Adjective[edit]

dolent (feminine dolente, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)

  1. (archaic) mournful

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dolens.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [doˈlɛnt]
  • Hyphenation: do‧lent
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

dolent (strong nominative masculine singular dolenter, not comparable)

  1. (medicine) painful

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Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

dolent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of doleō

Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French dolent.

Adjective[edit]

dolent m (feminine singular dolente, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)

  1. sad

Descendants[edit]

  • French: dolent

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dolēns, dolēntem (hurting, suffering).

Adjective[edit]

dolent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular dolent or dolente)

  1. painful; causing suffering and pain

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