- doleful
[doleful 词源字典]
- doleful: see indolent
[doleful etymology, doleful origin, 英语词源] - doleful (adj.)
- late 13c., with -ful, from Middle English dole "grief" (early 13c.), from Old French doel (Modern French deuil), from Late Latin dolus "grief," from Latin dolere "suffer, grieve." Related: Dolefully.