dolour

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

dolour
    n 1: (poetry) painful grief [syn: {dolor}, {dolour}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dolor \do"lor\, n. [OE. dolor, dolur, dolour, F. douleur, L.
   dolor, fr. dolere. See 1st {Dole}.]
   Pain; grief; distress; anguish. [Written also {dolour}.]
   [Poetic]
   [1913 Webster]

         Of death and dolor telling sad tidings.  --Spenser.
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