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dolorousness

dolorousness noun: the quality of being dolorous.

Noun

dolorousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being dolorous.
    • Taking old William and Benny with me, I was soon camped in a little hut on the west point of Frigate Bird, in a grove of tall puka trees where the wind moans with a pleasing dolorousness and a dozen species of sea birds squawk discordantly from their perches in the branches.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 82

Forms of dolorousness

alternative formdolourousness

Origin of dolorousness

From dolorous + -ness.

Questions about dolorousness

What does dolorousness mean?
Dolorousness means the quality of being dolorous.
What part of speech is dolorousness?
Dolorousness is a noun.

Words near dolorousness in the dictionary

  1. dolorology
  2. dolorose
  3. doloroso
  4. dolorous
  5. dolorously
  6. dolorousness
  7. dolors
  8. dolos
  9. dolose
  10. dolosely
  11. dolosity

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