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单词 condolence
释义

condolencen.

Brit. /kənˈdəʊləns/, /kənˈdəʊln̩s/, U.S. /kənˈdoʊləns/
Forms: Also 1600s–1700s condoleance, condolance.
Etymology: < Latin condolēre to condole v., on Latin type *condolēntia (compare dolēntia ): see -ence suffix. But in 17th cent. the French condoléance (15th cent. in Littré, an irregular form) was introduced in sense 2, and this and the accessory form condolance long prevailed. The stress appears to follow condole v., unless it originated in French condoléance; Latin analogy would give ˈcondolence, like indolence, insolence, etc.
The action or fact of condoling.
1. Sympathetic grief; sorrowing with and for others. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > sympathy
compassion1340
compatience1398
fellow-feeling1578
sympathy1600
condolence1603
condolencya1631
compassivity1667
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 150 That condolence and fellow-feeling with our neighbours.
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 15) 1420 There is a condolencie, or grieving for the paines of others.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Condolence, a sympathy.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Condolence, a Sympathy in Grief, a Fellow-feeling of another's Sorrows, etc.
2.
a. Outward expression of sympathy with the grief of others; esp. formal expression, as in the obsolete. compliments of condolence. In this sense the French or frenchified condoleance, condolance, were at first used.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > sympathy > outward expression of
condolence1619
condolencya1631
condolementa1641
the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > sympathy > outward expression of > formal
condolement1609
compliments of condolence1619
condoling1634
condolence1704
condolency1821
condolation1825
α.
1619 Visct. Doncaster Let. in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1865) 1st Ser. 132 He made me..discharge the office of condoleance for the late Emperor.
1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 45 A complement of condoleance to your friend upon the death of his wife.
1689 London Gaz. No. 2438/1 The King..received..the Compliments of Condoleance of the Ambassadors..upon the Death of the Queen.
1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. v. 84 Congratulation indeed answers Condoleance; but both these words are intended to signify certain forms of civility, rather than any inward sensation or feeling.
β. 1691 London Gaz. No. 2631/2 Compliments of Condolance upon the Death of the Late Elector.1711 London Gaz. No. 4849/1 Compliments of Condolance on the Emperors Death.1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. I. ii. 99 They lamented their misfortune with tears of sincere condolance.γ. 1742 H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann (1833) I. 170 Will you make my compliments of condolence?] 1747 T. Gray Let. 22 Feb. in Corr. (1971) I. 271 One ought to be particularly careful to avoid blunders in a compliment of condolence.1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Condolence, the civilities and messages of friends upon any loss or misfortune.a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) ix. 378 Rather a subject of condolence than of congratulation.1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos xxii. 308 Oh, the bitter mockery of commonplace condolence!
b. (with plural) A (formal) declaration or expression of sympathy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > sympathy > outward expression of > formal
condolement1609
compliments of condolence1619
condoling1634
condolence1704
condolency1821
condolation1825
1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xvi. 514 Foreign Princes addressed their Condoleances to him.
1817 Jeffrey in Ld. Cockburn Life II. lxxvi The condolences of his numerous friends.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xii. 103 To which condolences Miss Squeers added others equally calculated to raise her friend's spirits.

Compounds

condolence council U.S. a tribal council of the Iroquois held after the death of a sachem.
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1890 Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 49 The chants and speeches used in the condolence council of the league.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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