FromMiddle Englishdolent, fromOld Frenchdolent, fromLatindolēns, present participle ofdoleō(“to grieve”).

• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊlənt/

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• (General American)IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊlənt/

dolent (comparativemoredolent,superlativemostdolent)

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

     Poor wretch! who once hath paced thatdolent city
     Shall pace it often, doomed beyond all pity,
     With horror ever deepening from the first.

   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov,Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published2011, page148:

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

Inherited fromLatindolentem(“hurting, suffering, in pain”).

• IPA^(key): (Central)[duˈlen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia)[doˈlent]

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dolent (femininedolenta,masculine pluraldolents,feminine pluraldolentes)

1. bad
2. evil

   Synonyms:malvat,malèfic

3. (Valencia)ill

   Synonym:malalt

4. aching
5. morallyafflicted

• dolenteria
• dolentíssim

dolent

1. gerund ofdoldre

• “dolent” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “dolent”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025
• “dolent”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Inherited fromMiddle Frenchdolent, fromOld Frenchdolent, borrowed fromLatindolentem(“hurting, suffering”).

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.lɑ̃/

dolent (femininedolente,masculine pluraldolents,feminine pluraldolentes)

1. (archaic)mournful
   • 1857,Gustave Flaubert,Madame Bovary […] ‎^[1], Paris:Michel Lévy Frères:

     Il maigrit, sa taille s'allongea, et sa figure prit une sorte d'expressiondolente qui la rendit presque intéressante.

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• douloir
• douleur

• “dolent”, inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Borrowed fromLatindolens.

• IPA^(key): [doˈlɛnt]
• Hyphenation:do‧lent

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dolent (strong nominative masculine singulardolenter,not comparable)

1. (medicine)painful

dolent

1. third-personpluralpresentactiveindicative ofdoleō

FromOld Frenchdolent.

dolent m (feminine singulardolente,masculine pluraldolents,feminine pluraldolentes)

1. sad

• French:dolent

Borrowed fromLatindolēns, dolēntem(“hurting, suffering”).

dolent m (oblique and nominative feminine singulardolentordolente)

1. painful; causingsuffering andpain

• doloir
• dolor,dolur

• → Middle English:dolent
  • English:dolent
• Middle French:dolent
  • French:dolent

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