- doloriferous
- adjective
Etymology: Medieval Latin doloriferus, alteration of Late Latin dolorifer, from Latin dolor + -i- + -fer -ferousobsolete : producing pain
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
doloriferous
Look at other dictionaries:
Doloriferous — Dol or*if er*ous, a. [L. dolor pain + ferous.] Producing pain. Whitaker … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
doloriferous — bearing grief or pain Bearing and Carrying … Phrontistery dictionary
Bearing and Carrying — The following table is a relatively complete listing of words relating to the bearing, exuding, carrying, emitting, or containing of things by other things. Note that almost all of them end in ferous or gerous (from the Latin ferre and gerere,… … Phrontistery dictionary
