desolation
See also: désolation
Englisch
editEtymology
editFrom Old French desolacion, from Latin dēsōlātiō.
Pronunciation
editNomen
editdesolation (countable and uncountable, plural desolations)
- The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
- The state of being desolated or laid waste
- Synonyms: ruin, solitariness, destitution, gloom, gloominess
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 1:26–27:
- I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
- 1823, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Forget Me Not 1824, The Indian Orphan, page 68:
- One or two uncovered masses appeared like the lingering foot-prints of desolation; but in general where the statelier trees had not taken root, the soil was luxuriantly covered with heath and the golden blossomed furze.
- A place or country wasted and forsaken.
Translations
editact of desolating or laying waste
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state of being desolated or laid waste
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Middle French
editEtymology
editNomen
editdesolation f (plural desolations)
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