Syn.
— Piteous; rueful; sorrowful; woeful; melancholy; sad gloomy;
dismal; dolorous; woe-begone. - Dole"ful*ly, adv.
— Dole"ful*ness, n.
DOLENT
Do"lent, a. Etym: [L. dolens, p. pr. of dolere: cf. F. dolent. See
Dole sorrow.]
Defn: Sorrowful. [Obs.] Ford.
DOLENTE
Do*len"te, a. & adv. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: Plaintively. See Doloroso.
DOLERITE
Dol"er*ite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Geol. & Min.)
Defn: A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it is considered equivalent to a coarse-grained basalt.
DOLERITIC
Dol`er*it"ic, a.
Defn: Of the nature of dolerite; as, much lava is doleritic lava.
Dana.
DOLESOME
Dole"some, a.