Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪e.s̬oˈlaː.t̪or] <span class="searchmatch">dēsōlātor</span> second/third-person singular future passive imperative of dēsōlō “<span class="searchmatch">desolator</span>”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles...
<span class="searchmatch">desolator</span> From <span class="searchmatch">desolate</span> + -er. <span class="searchmatch">desolater</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">desolaters</span>) One who, or that which, <span class="searchmatch">desolates</span> or lays waste. <span class="searchmatch">desolate</span> <span class="searchmatch">desolater</span> comparative degree of...
<span class="searchmatch">desolators</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">desolator</span>...
IPA(key): /ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən <span class="searchmatch">desolation</span> (countable and uncountable, plural <span class="searchmatch">desolations</span>) The act of <span class="searchmatch">desolating</span> or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants;...
waste, <span class="searchmatch">desolate</span>”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. <span class="searchmatch">desolate</span> (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">desolates</span>, present participle <span class="searchmatch">desolating</span>, simple...
<span class="searchmatch">desolated</span> simple past and past participle of <span class="searchmatch">desolate</span>...
From <span class="searchmatch">desolate</span> + -ly. <span class="searchmatch">desolately</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">desolately</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">desolately</span>) In a <span class="searchmatch">desolate</span> manner....
From <span class="searchmatch">desolate</span> + -ness. <span class="searchmatch">desolateness</span> (usually uncountable, plural desolatenesses) The state of being <span class="searchmatch">desolate</span> or barren....
See also: <span class="searchmatch">désolations</span> <span class="searchmatch">desolations</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">desolation</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">desolation</span> Borrowed from Latin dēsōlātiōnem f or derived from Middle French <span class="searchmatch">desolation</span> f. IPA(key): /de.zɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ <span class="searchmatch">désolation</span> f (plural <span class="searchmatch">désolations</span>)...