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 Wallace, Keene

Dole and dolent are doubtless the exact counterparts of dolore and dolente, so far as mere etymology can go.

From The Unseen World and Other Essays by Fiske, John

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 Mason, Eugene

When all had been rehearsed and shown to him, and he had well considered the matter, the knight was very dolent; yet in no wise would he avenge himself wrongfully.

From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de

Certainly not; as without the opposite there is no pain; as is shown by that golden Pythagorean poet when he says: Hinc metuunt cupiuntque, dolent gaudentque, nec Respiciunt, clausæ tenebris, e carcere cæco.

From The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First An Ethical Poem by Williams, L.