dolent
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She regarded him with her smoky eyes, in which he now saw that dolent, almost dolorous expression which had captivated him.
From Là-bas by Keene Wallace
Launfal was very dolent to hear this thing.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France
Very dolent and right heavy was the fair lady that thus her lord had fled his house.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason
The literary epicure may keenly relish such epithets as dolent; but the common English reader, who loves plain fare, can hardly fail to be startled by it.
From The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske
On a day this chanced to you; Out of Limousin there drew One, a pilgrim, sore adread, Lay in pain upon his bed, Tossed, and took with fear his breath, Very dolent, near to death.
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason
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