OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 30308

dolour

/ˈdɒlə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dolor
Anguish, grief, misery, or sorrow.
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?
[T]o think that I am going to leave her—and to leave her in distress and dolour—No, Miss Lucy, you need never think it!
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