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dedolent

/ˈdɛdələnt/

dedolent adjective: feeling no compunction; apathetic.

Adjective

dedolent (comparative more dedolent, superlative most dedolent)

  1. (obsolete) Feeling no compunction; apathetic.
    • Men are dedolent and past feeling, and having no other Law, but that of the Corporeal Life, become insatiable in Impiety1677, Henry Hallywell, The Sacred Method of Saving Humane Souls by Jesus Christ

Forms of dedolent

comparativemore dedolent
superlativemost dedolent

Origin of dedolent

From Latin dedolens, present participle of dedolere (“to give over grieving”); de- + dolere (“to grieve”).

Questions about dedolent

What does dedolent mean?
Dedolent means feeling no compunction; apathetic.
What part of speech is dedolent?
Dedolent is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dedolent?
Dedolent is pronounced /ˈdɛdələnt/.

Words near dedolent in the dictionary

  1. dedogmatized
  2. dedogmatizes
  3. dedogmatizing
  4. dedolation
  5. dedolations
  6. dedolent
  7. dedollarisation
  8. dedollarization
  9. dedollarize
  10. dedollarized
  11. dedollarizes

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