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Dolorousness

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being dolorous. uncountable

    "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."

Etymology

From dolorous + -ness.

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