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dolose

dolose adjective: deceitful, with hidden malice.

Adjective

dolose

  1. (historical, rare) Deceitful, with hidden malice.
    • That having been obtained, everything should be restored to the former position, and the dolose party be condemned.1854, Patrick Mac Chombaich de Colquhoun, A Summary of the Roman Civil Law
    • Several texts tell us, however, that when the owner was a minor, there is a remedy against the dolose slave.1908, William Warwick Buckland, The Roman Law of Slavery: The Condition of the Slave, page 692

Origin of dolose

Borrowed from Latin dolosus; compare dolus.

Questions about dolose

What does dolose mean?
Dolose means deceitful, with hidden malice.
What part of speech is dolose?
Dolose is an adjective.

Words near dolose in the dictionary

  1. dolorous
  2. dolorously
  3. dolorousness
  4. dolors
  5. dolos
  6. dolose
  7. dolosely
  8. dolosity
  9. dolosse
  10. dolostone
  11. dolostones

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