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dolefulness

Today it means: The characteristic of being doleful; sadness. Full definition →

Middle English doolfulnes

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Middle English · inherited fromdoolfulnes
English todaydolefulness

From Middle English doolfulnes, dolfulnesse, equivalent to doleful + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.