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dolour - What does it mean?

Definition of 'dolour'

English

Alternative forms

* dolor

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (literary) A painful grief or suffering.
  • :* 1605', But for all this thou shalt have as many '''dolours for thy daughters as thou canst tell in a year. — William Shakespeare, ''King Lear II.ii
  • * 1874 , , X
  • Perchance a congregation to fulfil
    Solemnities of silence in this doom,
    Mysterious rites of dolour and despair
    Permitting not a breath or chant of prayer?