Meanings
adjectivedoloriferous (comparative more doloriferous, superlative most doloriferous)
comparative more doloriferous · superlative most doloriferous
- obsoleteProducing pain.
[…] whether or not wine may be granted, in such doloriferous affects in the joints […]
1654, Tobias Whitaker, The Blood of the Grape
Origin
- Latindolōrifer
- Englishdoloriferous
Latin dolōrifer, from dolor (“sorrow, pain”)
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Rhymes with doloriferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
doloriferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doloriferous
MLA
“doloriferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doloriferous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doloriferous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doloriferous.
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