dedolent

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛdələnt/

Adjective

dedolent (comparative more dedolent, superlative most dedolent)

  1. (obsolete) Feeling no compunction; apathetic.
    • 1677, Henry Hallywell, The Sacred Method of Saving Humane Souls by Jesus Christ:
      Men are dedolent and past feeling, and having no other Law, but that of the Corporeal Life, become insatiable in Impiety

References
  • 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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