English

Adjective

dolent ‎(comparative more dolent, superlative most dolent)

1. (archaic) Sad, sorrowful.
   • 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night

     Poor wretch! who once hath paced that dolent city

     Shall pace it often, doomed beyond all pity,

     With horror ever deepening from the first.

   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 148:

     ‘Did you find them all, Uncle Van?’ she inquired, sighing, laying her dolent head on his shoulder.

Related terms

• dolor, dolour
• dolorous

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dolēns ‎(“hurting, suffering”).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /duˈɫen/
• (Western) IPA^(key): /doˈɫent/

Adjective

dolent m ‎(feminine dolenta, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)

1. bad

Verb

dolent

1. present participle of doldre

French

Etymology

From Old French dolent, from Latin dolēns ‎(“hurting, suffering”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.lɑ̃/

Adjective

dolent m ‎(feminine singular dolente, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)

1. (archaic) mournful

Related terms

• douloir
• douleur

Latin

Verb

dolent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of doleō

Middle French

Etymology

Old French dolent.

Adjective

dolent m ‎(feminine singular dolente, masculine plural dolents, feminine plural dolentes)

1. sad

Descendants

• French: dolent

Old French

Etymology

From Latin dolēns ‎(“hurting, suffering”).

Adjective

dolent m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular dolent or dolente)

1. painful; causing suffering and pain

Declension

Related terms

• doloir
• dolor, dolur

Descendants

• English: dolent
• French: dolent