Definitions
a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
Word origin
From obsolete doldrum (“slothful or stupid person”) plus the plural suffix -s. Doldrum is possibly derived from dull or Middle English dold (past participle of dullen, dollen (“to make or become blunt or dull; to make or become dull-witted or stupid; to make or become inactive”), from dul, dol, dolle (“not sharp, blunt, dull; not quick-witted, stupid; lethargic, sluggish”); see further at dull), modelled after tantrum.
Used in a sentence
“I was in the doldrums yesterday and just didn’t feel inspired.”
“[T]aken very ill in Cheapside—three pennyworth of brandy, and got home to bed at nine, in the doldrums.”
“1987 The economic doldrums from oil prices continue to affect the state, causing many to lose their jobs and leave, banks to foreclose on property, and businesses to go bankrupt.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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