Etymology

Noun

1. A painful grief or suffering.

   • 1605, But for all this thou shalt have as many dolours for thy daughters as thou canst tell in a year. — William Shakespeare, King Lear II.ii

   • 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, X

     Perchance a congregation to fulfil

     Solemnities of silence in this doom,

     Mysterious rites of dolour and despair

     Permitting not a breath or chant of prayer?