dedolent

English

Etymology

From Latin dedolens, present participle of dedolere (“to give over grieving”); de- + dolere (“to grieve”).

Adjective

dedolent (comparative more dedolent, superlative most dedolent)

  1. (obsolete) Feeling no compunction; apathetic.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for dedolent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

dēdolent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of dēdoleō
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