n. [ OE. dolor, dolur, dolour, F. douleur, L. dolor, fr. dolere. See 1st Dole. ] Pain; grief; distress; anguish.
Of death and dolor telling sad tidings. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. dolor pain + -ferous. ] Producing pain. Whitaker.
‖a. & adv. [ It. ] (Mus.) Plaintive; pathetic; -- used adverbially as a musical direction. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. dolorosus, from dolor: cf. F. douloureux. See Dolor. ]
You take me in too dolorous a sense;
I spake to you for your comfort. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Their dispatch is quick, and less dolorous than the paw of the bear or teeth of the lion. Dr. H. More.
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