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do·lor

(dō′lər)

Sorrow; grief.

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

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do•lor

(ˈdoʊ lər)

n.

sorrow; grief.

Also, esp. Brit.,do′lour.

[1275–1325; Middle English dolour (< Anglo-French) < Latin dolor=dol(ēre) to feel pain + -or -or¹]

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dolor - (poetry) painful grief

dolour

poesy, poetry, verse - literature in metrical form

brokenheartedness, grief, heartache, heartbreak - intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

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