dol

¹

[dohl]

noun

1. a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.

DOL

²

1. Department of Labor.

dol.

³

abbreviation

1. Music.,  dolce.

2. dollar.

dol.

¹

abbreviation

1. music dolce

2. dollar

dol

²

/ dɒl /

noun

1. a unit of pain intensity, as measured by dolorimetry

Word History and Origins

Origin of dol.¹

1945–50; < Latin dol ( or ) pain

Word History and Origins

Origin of dol.¹

C20: by shortening, from Latin dolor pain

Example Sentences

For @liskin_dol, it’s all about foraging mushrooms and berries, and wearing loose, lace dresses and aprons.

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By noting whenever a person perceived an increase or decrease in sensation, they arrived at a pain scale calibrated in increments of “dols,” each of which was a “just-noticeable difference” away from the adjacent dols.

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Come merry dol! rolled out the song to greet them.

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"Go heap better five dol's," he muttered in his sleep.

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A man in those days worth thirty thousand dol- lars was not a pauper.

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