Meanings
noundolorousness (uncountable)
alternative dolourousness
- uncountableThe quality of being dolorous.
Taking old William and Benny with me, I was soon camped in a little hut on the west point of Frigate Bird, in a grove of tall puka trees where the wind moans with a pleasing dolorousness and a dozen species of sea birds squawk discordantly from their perches in the branches.
1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 82
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dolorousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dolorousness
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