dol
Latinpain, sorrow, grief
Variants:doldoledolor
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From Latin dolēre (to feel pain, to grieve) and the related noun dolor (pain, sorrow). The root carries the idea of suffering — and, in one famous case, its absence: indolent literally means "feeling no pain," hence unwilling to take pains, i.e. lazy.
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condolence
An expression of sympathy offered to someone who has suffered a loss
indolent
Habitually lazy; (of a condition) slow-developing and painless
doleful
Mournful, expressing sadness
indolence
Habitual laziness or avoidance of effort
dolorous
Deeply sorrowful, solemnly sad
condole
To express sympathy to someone who has suffered a loss