The quality or state of being dolorous; the characteristic of expressing or filled with deep sorrow and sadness.
Created by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to 'dolorous'. This suffix, from Old English '-nes', converts adjectives into abstract nouns describing qualities or states.
English speakers love turning adjectives into abstract nouns with '-ness'—it's such a common pattern that we can apply it to almost any adjective to discuss the quality itself, which is why 'dolorousness' feels natural even if it's rarely used.
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