dulcor

English

Noun

dulcor (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of dulcour
   • 1599, Oswaldus Gabelhouer, translated by Charles Battus and A. M., The Boock of Physicke: […], Dort: […] Isaack Caen, page 116, column 2:

     Take Sugrede Coriandre ſeedes 3 qv. of an ovvnce, deſcidede liqveriſh ℥ [?]. Calmus, redd Roſes, ana a q. of an ounce, Cĩnamone 3 qv. of an ounce, Ginger, cloves, Mace, Nuttmegges, ana a q. of an oũce, all vvhich being contunded together, & as much Suger mixede thervvith, as ther is of the other poulder, or accordinge as vve deſire the dulcor therof, vve muſt in the morning faſting, or one hovver before ſuppervſe heerof.

   • 1607, I[ohn] C[arpenter], The Plaine Mans Spirituall Plough. Containing the Godly and Spirituall Husbandrie. Wherein Euery Christian Ought to be Exercised, for the Happie Encrease of Fruite, to Eternall Life., London: […] Thomas Creede, page 164:

     Honie in thankſgiuing, ſweetning the minde with the dulcor of diuine benefites: […]

   • 1675, Gideon Harvey, The Disease of London: or A New Discovery of the Scorvey. […], London: […] T. James, for W. Thackery, page 90:

     By the way, you muſt not apprehend the Blood to decline to the ſame Degree of Acidity Vinegar is of; for that muſt neceſſarily Infer a Total extinction of the Dogmatick Innate and Influent heat; but that it only recedes from its Dulcor and Sweetneſs, to a Crude Auſterity and ſome ſmall Acidity.

Latin

Etymology

From dulcis (“sweet”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdul.kor/, [ˈd̪ʊɫ̪kɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdul.kor/, [ˈd̪ulkor]

Noun

dulcor m (genitive dulcōris); third declension

1. (Late Latin) sweetness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dulcor	dulcōrēs
genitive	dulcōris	dulcōrum
dative	dulcōrī	dulcōribus
accusative	dulcōrem	dulcōrēs
ablative	dulcōre	dulcōribus
vocative	dulcor	dulcōrēs

Synonyms

• (sweetness): dulcēdō, dulcitās, dulcitūdō, mel, mellinia, suāvitās

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “sweetness”): acerbitās, amāritās, amāritūdō, amāror, austēritās

Derived terms

• ēdulcorō

Related terms

Related terms

• dulcacidus
• dulcēdō
• dulcēscō
• dulcia
• dulciārius
• dulciculus
• dulcifer
• dulcificō
• dulciloquus
• dulcimodus
• dulcinervis
• dulciolum
• dulciōrelocus
• dulcis
• dulcisonōrus
• dulcisonus
• dulcitās
• dulciter
• dulcō
• dulcōrō

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: doçor
• Friulian: dolçôr
• Old French: dolçor (early Old French), douçor, douçour (late Old French spelling), dulçur (Norman variant)
  • Angevin: douçour
  • Middle French: doulceur, dolceur, doulcheur, doulcour, doulçour, douceur, doucheur, douçour
    • French: douceur
      • → Dutch: douceur
      • → English: douceur
    • → Middle English: douceoure, dousour
  • Norman: doucheur
  • Picard: doucheur
• Piedmontese: dossor
• Old Occitan: dolsor
  • Occitan: doçor
• Romanian: dulcoare
• → Middle English: dulcour, dulcoure
  • English: dulcor, dulcour

References

• “dulcor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dulcor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• dulcor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.