dule

• dool

From Old French dol or doel (“anguish”), from Vulgar Latin dolus, from Latin dolēre (“to grieve”). Later influenced by or reborrowed from early Middle English dool. Cognate with English dole. Compare modern French deuil (“mourning”).

• IPA^(key): /dul/, /døl/

dule (comparative duler, superlative dulest)

1. sad, sorrowful

   15th century, William Dunbar, Meditation In Winter (poem):

   My dule spreit dois lurk for schoir.

   My sorrowful spirit hides for fear.

dule (uncountable)

1. grief, sadness, sorrow

• dule tree: a tree used for public hangings