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desolateness
des·o·late D0162200 (dĕs′ə-lĭt, dĕz′-)adj.1. a. Devoid of inhabitants; deserted: "streets which were usually so thronged now grown desolate" (Daniel Defoe).b. Barren; lifeless: the rocky, desolate surface of the moon.2. Feeling, showing, causing, or expressing sadness or loneliness. See Synonyms at sad.tr.v. (-lāt′) des·o·lat·ed, des·o·lat·ing, des·o·lates 1. To rid or deprive of inhabitants.2. To lay waste; devastate: "Here we have no wars to desolate our fields" (Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur).3. To forsake; abandon.4. To make lonely, forlorn, or wretched.
[Middle English desolat, from Latin dēsōlātus, past participle of dēsōlāre, to abandon : dē-, de- + sōlus, alone; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]
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