desolationn.

/dɛsəʊˈleɪʃən/

Etymology: < French désolation (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), or < Latin dēsōlātiōn-em , noun of action from dēsōlāre to desolate v.

The action of desolating; the condition of being left desolate.

1. The action of laying waste a land, etc., destroying its people, crops, and buildings, and making it unfit for habitation; utter devastation; an act or occasion of this kind. Also personified.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation

harryingc900

harrowingc1000

wastinga1300

destructionc1330

harryc1330

wastenessa1382

wastitya1382

desolation1382

unroningnessa1400

wrackc1407

exile1436

havoc1480

hership1487

vastation1545

vastitude1545

sackc1550

population1552

waste1560

ravishment1570

riotingc1580

pull-down1588

desolating1591

degast1592

devastation1603

ravage1611

wracking1611

ravagement1766

herriment1787

carnage1848

wastage1909

enhavocking-

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Chron. xxxvi. 21 Alle the days of desolacioun he dide saboth.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 58 What more abhominacoun of desolacoun in holi place þan þat a swyn do vpon þe holy vestiment.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark xiii. 13 When ye se the abominacion that betokeneth desolacion [ Wyclif of discomfort].

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. iii. 101 All fell feats, Enlynckt to wast and desolation .

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature ix. 201 Wars and all those barbarous desolations which we read of.

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 58 The general desolation of the place by the Danes.

1814 Ld. Byron Lara ii. x. 924 And Desolation reaped the famished land.

1821 Ld. Byron Two Foscari i. i, in Sardanapalus 183 I have follow'd long Thy path of desolation.

figurative.1893 Chicago Advance 30 Nov. The financial panic..the desolations of which are by no means yet overpast.

a. The condition of a place which by hostile ravaging or by natural character is unfit for habitation; waste or ruined state; dreary barrenness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > deserted condition

desertnessa1400

desolationc1460

deserta1500

vastity1545

desolatenessa1626

wastefulness1674

desertedness1818

desertion1876

c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Legend St. Austin (Harl. 2255) l. 252 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 201 In a dirk prisoun of desolacioun.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos i. 14 Now was that pyetous cyte alle brent and putte in desolacyon suffretous.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 318 Least he impede..the course of Nylus..and so bring Egypt to desolation.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 181 Yon dreary Plain, forlorn and wilde, The seat of desolation .

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 16 Such elegance..contrasted with the desolation of the house.

1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine i. 16 The general character..of the mountains of Sinai, is entire desolation. If the mountains are naked Alps, the valleys are dry rivers.

b. A thing or place in this condition; a desolate place; a dreary waste or ruin.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [noun] > desolate place

desolation1611

1611 Bible (King James) Jer. xxii. 5 This house shall become a desolation .

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xi. 174 Many of the halls..are beautiful desolations.

3. Deprivation of companionship; the condition or sense of being forsaken; solitariness, loneliness.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun] > state of being left alone or forlorn

forletnessa1300

desolation1598

desolatenessa1626

desertion1751

forlornness1850

desertedness1866

forlornitya1870

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 357 You haue liu'd in desolation heere, Vnseene, vnuisited.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer viii. 1046 Loathsome desolation, In stead of company.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna x. xliii. 233 As near one lover's tomb Two gentle sisters mourn their desolation.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 57 Sand-engirded, alone, then first she knew desolation.

4. Deprivation of comfort or joy; dreary sorrow; grief.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun]

rueeOE

teeneOE

sorrowOE

gramec1000

sytec1175

ruthc1225

dolea1240

balec1275

sighinga1300

dolour13..

ermingc1300

heartbreakc1330

discomfortc1350

griefa1375

tristourc1380

desolation1382

sichinga1387

tristesse1390

compassiona1400

rueinga1400

smarta1400

displeasure14..

gremec1400

heavity14..

dillc1420

notea1425

discomforturec1450

dolefulnessc1450

wandremec1450

regratec1485

doleance1490

trista1510

mispleasance1532

pathologiesa1586

balefulness1590

drearing1591

distressedness1592

woenessa1600

desertion1694

ruesomeness1881

schmerz1887

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xii. 19 Thei schulen drynke her watir in desolacioun.

1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. (1898) 192 His dissolacion radir þan his consolacioun he seth.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 29 I am cause of alle the desolacion of Oliferne.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 369 Euerie thing about you, demonstrating a carelesse desolation .

1752 Bp. W. Warburton Lett. (1809) 118 Poor Foster..is overwhelmed with desolation for the loss of his master.

1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. vi. 480 Desolation and astonishment appeared in every part of the Scottish Church.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire v. 260 The hopeless inner desolation which is the unbroken lot of myriads.

5. That which makes desolate. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation > one who or that which

wastera1382

harrowerc1450

harrier1596

desolation1608

ravager1611

dispeopler1616

depopulator1623

desolatora1638

vastator1659

havocker1680

devaster1789

devastator1818

1608 Yorkshire Trag. sig. D2 Ruinous man, the desolation of his howse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	desolation
释义	desolationn. /dɛsəʊˈleɪʃən/ Etymology: < French désolation (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), or < Latin dēsōlātiōn-em , noun of action from dēsōlāre to desolate v. The action of desolating; the condition of being left desolate. 1. The action of laying waste a land, etc., destroying its people, crops, and buildings, and making it unfit for habitation; utter devastation; an act or occasion of this kind. Also personified. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation harryingc900 harrowingc1000 wastinga1300 destructionc1330 harryc1330 wastenessa1382 wastitya1382 desolation1382 unroningnessa1400 wrackc1407 exile1436 havoc1480 hership1487 vastation1545 vastitude1545 sackc1550 population1552 waste1560 ravishment1570 riotingc1580 pull-down1588 desolating1591 degast1592 devastation1603 ravage1611 wracking1611 ravagement1766 herriment1787 carnage1848 wastage1909 enhavocking- 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Chron. xxxvi. 21 Alle the days of desolacioun he dide saboth. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 58 What more abhominacoun of desolacoun in holi place þan þat a swyn do vpon þe holy vestiment. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark xiii. 13 When ye se the abominacion that betokeneth desolacion [ Wyclif of discomfort]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. iii. 101 All fell feats, Enlynckt to wast and desolation . View more context for this quotation 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature ix. 201 Wars and all those barbarous desolations which we read of. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 58 The general desolation of the place by the Danes. 1814 Ld. Byron Lara ii. x. 924 And Desolation reaped the famished land. 1821 Ld. Byron Two Foscari i. i, in Sardanapalus 183 I have follow'd long Thy path of desolation. figurative.1893 Chicago Advance 30 Nov. The financial panic..the desolations of which are by no means yet overpast. 2. a. The condition of a place which by hostile ravaging or by natural character is unfit for habitation; waste or ruined state; dreary barrenness. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > deserted condition desertnessa1400 desolationc1460 deserta1500 vastity1545 desolatenessa1626 wastefulness1674 desertedness1818 desertion1876 c1460 (a1449) J. Lydgate Legend St. Austin (Harl. 2255) l. 252 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 201 In a dirk prisoun of desolacioun. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos i. 14 Now was that pyetous cyte alle brent and putte in desolacyon suffretous. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vii. 318 Least he impede..the course of Nylus..and so bring Egypt to desolation. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 181 Yon dreary Plain, forlorn and wilde, The seat of desolation . View more context for this quotation 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 16 Such elegance..contrasted with the desolation of the house. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine i. 16 The general character..of the mountains of Sinai, is entire desolation. If the mountains are naked Alps, the valleys are dry rivers. b. A thing or place in this condition; a desolate place; a dreary waste or ruin. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > secluded place or place of seclusion > [noun] > desolate place desolation1611 1611 Bible (King James) Jer. xxii. 5 This house shall become a desolation . View more context for this quotation 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xi. 174 Many of the halls..are beautiful desolations. 3. Deprivation of companionship; the condition or sense of being forsaken; solitariness, loneliness. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun] > state of being left alone or forlorn forletnessa1300 desolation1598 desolatenessa1626 desertion1751 forlornness1850 desertedness1866 forlornitya1870 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 357 You haue liu'd in desolation heere, Vnseene, vnuisited. View more context for this quotation 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer viii. 1046 Loathsome desolation, In stead of company. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna x. xliii. 233 As near one lover's tomb Two gentle sisters mourn their desolation. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 57 Sand-engirded, alone, then first she knew desolation. 4. Deprivation of comfort or joy; dreary sorrow; grief. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [noun] rueeOE teeneOE sorrowOE gramec1000 sytec1175 ruthc1225 dolea1240 balec1275 sighinga1300 dolour13.. ermingc1300 heartbreakc1330 discomfortc1350 griefa1375 tristourc1380 desolation1382 sichinga1387 tristesse1390 compassiona1400 rueinga1400 smarta1400 displeasure14.. gremec1400 heavity14.. dillc1420 notea1425 discomforturec1450 dolefulnessc1450 wandremec1450 regratec1485 doleance1490 trista1510 mispleasance1532 pathologiesa1586 balefulness1590 drearing1591 distressedness1592 woenessa1600 desertion1694 ruesomeness1881 schmerz1887 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xii. 19 Thei schulen drynke her watir in desolacioun. 1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. (1898) 192 His dissolacion radir þan his consolacioun he seth. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 29 I am cause of alle the desolacion of Oliferne. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 369 Euerie thing about you, demonstrating a carelesse desolation . View more context for this quotation 1752 Bp. W. Warburton Lett. (1809) 118 Poor Foster..is overwhelmed with desolation for the loss of his master. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. vi. 480 Desolation and astonishment appeared in every part of the Scottish Church. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire v. 260 The hopeless inner desolation which is the unbroken lot of myriads. 5. That which makes desolate. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation > one who or that which wastera1382 harrowerc1450 harrier1596 desolation1608 ravager1611 dispeopler1616 depopulator1623 desolatora1638 vastator1659 havocker1680 devaster1789 devastator1818 1608 Yorkshire Trag. sig. D2 Ruinous man, the desolation of his howse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1382
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