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[ˈdɛs(ə)lət], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- (of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness
(e.g: a desolate Pennine moor)
- feeling or showing great unhappiness or loneliness
(e.g: I suddenly felt desolate and bereft)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Latin desolatus ‘abandoned’, past participle of desolare, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + solus ‘alone’
[ˈdɛsəleɪt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- make (a place) appear bleakly empty
(e.g: the droughts that desolated the dry plains)
- make (someone) feel utterly wretched and unhappy
(e.g: he was desolated by the deaths of his treasured friends)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Latin desolatus ‘abandoned’, past participle of desolare, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + solus ‘alone’
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