dolorousness

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dolorousness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dolorous \Dol"or*ous\, a. [L. dolorosus, from dolor: cf. F.
     douloureux. See Dolor.]
     1. Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a
        dolorous object; dolorous discourses.
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              You take me in too dolorous a sense;
              I spake to you for your comfort.      --Shak.
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     2. Occasioning pain or grief; painful.
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              Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the
              paw of the bear or teeth of the lion. --Dr. H. More.
        -- Dol"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Dol"or*ous*ness, n.
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