Middle English Dictionary Entry
disconsolāte adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | disconsolāte adj. Also des-, discoun-. |
| Etymology | ML |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Lacking consolation, disconsolate; forlorn, joyless; ~ of, despairing of (comfort, joy, etc.).
Associated quotations
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.3742 : Þei of Troye, Disconsolat of al her olde Ioye, Can no refut, but wepe and sorwe make.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)3168 : I, all sool, disconsolat [F esbahis], Was left aloone in peyne and thought.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)1793 : She astoyned & so dysconsolat Was þat she nyst what she myght seye.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.Say.Nightingale (Trin-C R.3.20)170 : For-saken of alle and eeke desconsolate.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.2 Merch.(Hrl 2255)550 : Allas, wher is the kyndenesse Of alle my freendys to me disconsolaat?
- c1450(?c1408) Lydg.RS (Frf 16)3054 : She that is disconsolat Of al ioye and al comfort.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)19679 : Thanne I gan my sylff compleyne, Dysconsolaat off al vertu.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)11.751 (v.1:p.126) : Of wicked .. men .. an infatigable persecutour, but therageyns of pore men, troublid men, vexid and desolate, disconsolat, hurt or harmed, a diligent, mercyful, and moste meke consolatour and confortoure.
- a1500 Lydg.LOL (Adv 19.3.1)p.124 : So grett a quene..we behold Aloon syttyng and dysconsolate.
2.
(a) Of a place: cheerless, depressing; (b) of an action: disastrous.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.7412 : Þis litel regioun..like is to stonde dissolat Of gouernaunce, and disconsolat.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.5488 : Þou [Troy] stanst desolat Of al comfort, and discounsolat.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.542 : O! paleys desolat..O paleys empty and disconsolat!
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.Guy (LdMisc 683)21 : Allas! this lond stood so dysconsolaat.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.8112 : To Grekis pleinly þis ryvaille So mortal was & so infortunat, So vnwelful and disconsolat.