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dol

1

[ dohl ]

noun

  1. a unit for measuring the intensity of pain.


DOL

2

dol.

3

abbreviation for

  1. Music. dolce.
  2. dollar.

dol.

1

abbreviation for

  1. music dolce
  2. dols dollar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


dol

2

/ dɒl /

noun

  1. a unit of pain intensity, as measured by dolorimetry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dol1

1945–50; < Latin dol ( or ) pain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dol1

C20: by shortening, from Latin dolor pain
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Example Sentences

He guesses again, and recklessly: "Dix dollars par semaine; you know—ten dol-lar ever-y week."

No; its the shorts and bears whats got the dol—hic—lar—tremens.

A doub-loon is a gold coin of Spain, worth not quite 16 dol-lars.

Dol then had in his employ an uncle, who was a rather mysterious individual, and who proved to be a French anarchist.

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

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