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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdəʊlənt/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈdoʊlənt/

形容詞

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, published 2011, page 148:

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

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