dolor

[ doh-ler ]
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noun
  1. sorrow; grief.

Origin of dolor

1
1275–1325; Middle English dolour (<Anglo-French ) <Latin dolor, equivalent to dol(ēre) to feel pain + -or-or1
  • Also especially British, do·lour .

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How to use dolor in a sentence

  • The King desired that the Prince should keep the name given him by the little old woman in grey and so he was known as dolor.

    The Little Lame Prince | Dinah Maria Mulock
  • If anybody had said that Prince dolor's uncle was cruel, he would have said that what he did was for the good of the country.

    The Little Lame Prince | Dinah Maria Mulock
  • Prince dolor had every luxury that even a Prince could need, and the one thing wanting—love, never having known, he did not miss.

    The Little Lame Prince | Dinah Maria Mulock
  • Prince dolor examined it curiously; spread it out on the floor, then arranged it on his shoulders.

    The Little Lame Prince | Dinah Maria Mulock
  • Prince dolor had never felt such delicious sensation before.

    The Little Lame Prince | Dinah Maria Mulock