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Definition of Dolor

1. Noun. (poetry) painful grief.

Definition of Dolor

1. n. Pain; grief; distress; anguish.

Definition of Dolor

1. Noun. (literary) sorrow, grief, misery or anguish ¹

2. Noun. a unit of pain used to theoretically weigh people's outcomes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dolor

1. grief [n -S] - See also: grief

Medical Definition of Dolor

1. Pain, as one of the four signs of inflammation (d., calor, rubor, tumour) enunciated by Celsus. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dolor

Literary usage of Dolor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Sailor's Garland by John Masefield (1908)
"MATTHEW ARNOLD dolor OOGO THIRTEEN men by ... dolor Oogo, dolor Oogo— Stretched awake, she hears the tide Moan in dolor Oogo: Till athwart the caster gale ..."

2. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register by Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters (1850)
"Through him they trace their origin back to dolor DAVIS, who came to this ... dolor Davis had three sons, John, Simon, and Samuel. SIMON mar. 12 Dec. ..."

3. A Latin Grammar for the Use of Schools by Johan Nikolai Madvig (1888)
"X. consul consul es dolor dolor ea V. consul consul es dolor dolor es A. consul em consul es dolor em dolor es G. consul is consul um dolor is dolor um D. ..."

4. Book Publishing: What It Is, What It Does by John P. Dessauer (1821)
"Nella febbre putrida, i polsi, rispetto a forza e frequenza, non sono mai in giusta corrispondenza cogli altri sintomi, e segnatamente col dolor di capo, ..."

5. Dictionary of Quotations (Classical) by Thomas Benfield Harbottle (1906)
"(Andromache.) " Light are the woes that we have borne If tears are all our woes demand." •" Levia est dolor, qui ..."

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