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doole

/duːl/

doole noun: sorrow; dole.

Noun

doole (plural dooles)

  1. (obsolete) sorrow; dole
    • Till on a day, as in his wonted wise
      His doole he made, there chaunst a turtle
      Dove To come where he his dolors did devise1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) A rest; a short nap.
  3. (UK, historical, obsolete) A small conical heap of earth, used in Sussex to mark the bounds of farms and parishes in the downs.

Forms of doole

pluraldooles

Words formed from doole

Words that rhyme with doole

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Questions about doole

What does doole mean?
Doole means sorrow; dole.
What part of speech is doole?
Doole is a noun.
How do you pronounce doole?
Doole is pronounced /duːl/.
What is the plural of doole?
The plural of doole is dooles.

Words near doole in the dictionary

  1. dool trees
  2. doolally
  3. doolally tap
  4. Doolan
  5. Doolans
  6. doole
  7. doolee
  8. doolees
  9. dooles
  10. dooley
  11. dooleys

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