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dolour
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Princeton's WordNet
dolor, dolournoun
(poetry) painful grief
Wiktionary
dolournoun
A painful grief or suffering.
Etymology: dolour, mainland dolor (modern douleur), from dolor.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Dolournoun
Etymology: dolor, Latin.
I’ve words too few to take my leave of you,
When the tongue’s office should be prodigal,
To breathe th’ abundant dolour of the heart. William Shakespeare, R. II.A mind fixed and bent upon somewhat that is good, doth avert the dolours of death. Francis Bacon, Essay 2.
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Dolour
Dolour is a band led by Shane Tutmarc.
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dolour
Dolour is a term primarily used in British English that refers to a state of great sorrow or distress; grief or deep sadness. It originates from old French and Latin words meaning "pain" or "grief".
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Dolour
Dolour was a musical alias of songwriter/producer Shane Tutmarc of Seattle, Washington. The band's name means "sorrow" or "grief." Musicians including Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes, members of The Divorce, United State of Electronica, The Lashes, and Vendetta Red contributed to the band.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Dolour
dō′lor, n. pain: grief: anguish.—adjs. Dolorif′erous, Dolori′fic, causing or expressing dolour, pain, or grief.—adv. Dolorō′so (mus.), noting a soft and pathetic manner.—adj. Dol′orous, full of dolour, pain, or grief: doleful.—adv. Dol′orously.—n. Dol′orousness.—Dolours of the Virgin, the prophecy of Simeon, the flight into Egypt, the three days' loss of Jesus, the meeting of Him on the way to Calvary, the crucifixion, the descent from the cross, the entombment. [Fr.,—L. dolēre, to grieve.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dolour in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dolour in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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