dedolentadj.
rare. Also .
That feels sorrow no more; feeling no compunction; insensible, callous.
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > callous or hard-hearted
hard hearteOE
steelena1000
hardOE
hard-heartedc1225
stony?c1230
yhert1340
dure1412
hardedc1425
induratec1425
stonishc1450
hardenedc1480
steely1508
flinty1536
endured1540
stiff-stomached1540
heartless1556
indured1558
flint-hearted1560
iron1561
marble1565
stone-hearted?1569
stony-hearted1569
iron-hearted1570
steel-hearted1571
rocky?1578
brawned1582
flinted1582
padded1583
obdure?1590
brawny1596
flintful1596
flint-heart1596
steeled1600
cauterized1603
indurated1604
flinty-hearted1629
ahenean1630
dedolent1633
brawny-hearteda1639
hard-grained1643
callous1647
upsitten1682
seared1684
petrified1720
calloused1746
coreless1813
pebble-hearted1816
hard-shelled1848
hard-plucked1857
steel trap1921
1633 D. Rogers Treat. Two Sacraments Gospell ii. 23 With an insensible, dedolent heart, with a dead benummed spirit.
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 20 Men..accursed with indelible infamy and dedolent impenitency.
1698 R. Ferguson View of Ecclesiastick in Socks & Buskins 46 His Forehead is Brass double gilt and his Understanding..Callous and Dedolent.
1893 ‘S. Grand’ Heavenly Twins I. v. i. 3 She was sleeping soundly, not because she was dedolent but because she was exhausted.
1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 34 A tanker sinks into a dedolant sea.
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