Desolate Definition

Contents

• 1 English
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Adjective
    • 1.3.1 Translations
  • 1.4 Verb
    • 1.4.1 Translations
    • 1.4.2 Related terms
  • 1.5 External links
• 2 Italian
  • 2.1 Adjective
• 3 Latin
  • 3.1 Participle

English

Etymology

From Middle English < Latin desolatus, past participle of desolare (“to leave alone, make lonely, lay waste, desolate”) < solus (“alone”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

desolate (comparative more desolate, superlative most desolate)

1. deserted and devoid of inhabitants
2. barren and lifeless
3. made unfit for habitation or use
4. dismal or dreary
5. sad, forlorn and hopeless

Verb

desolate (third-person singular simple present desolates, present participle desolating, simple past and past participle desolated)

1. To deprive somewhere of inhabitants; to devastate or lay waste somewhere; to abandon or forsake something; to make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

Translations

Related terms

• desolation

External links

• desolate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• desolate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• desolate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Adjective

desolate f. pl.

1. feminine plural form of desolato

Latin

Participle

dēsōlāte

1. vocative masculine singular of dēsōlātus

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