dolorousness

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

dolorous +‎ -ness

Noun

dolorousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being dolorous.
    • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 82:
      Taking old William and Benny with me, I was soon camped in a little hut on the west point of Frigate Bird, in a grove of tall puka trees where the wind moans with a pleasing dolorousness and a dozen species of sea birds squawk discordantly from their perches in the branches.
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