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dolorific, a.|dɒləˈrɪfɪk| Now rare. [ad. med.L. dolōrific-us, f. dolōr-em pain; see -fic.] Causing or giving rise to pain; painful, grievous.
1634T. Johnson Parey's Chirurg. ix. xi. (1678) 223 Remedies which are contrary to the dolorifick cause. 1669Gale True Idea Jansen. 144 He abhors sin, not as sin, but as dolorifick or painful. 1828Blackw. Mag. XXIV. 192 Alas! for Huskisson, and his dolorific strains. So † doloˈrifical a. Obs. rare—0.
1623Cockeram, Dolorificall, causing sorrow. |