DOLDRUMS (a slang term, dol = dull; cf. tantrum)

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DOLDRUMS (a slang term, dol = dull; cf. tantrum) , the region of calms near the

equator

EQUATOR (
Late
- LATE
Lat. aequator, from aequare, to make equal)

where the

trade

-winds die away, a region of

constant

CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

precipitation in which the weather is close, hot, vaporous and extremely dispiriting. In the old days of sailing vessels; a becalmed ship sometimes lay helpless for

weeks

WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

. A

letter

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the
alphabet
- ALPHABET (see also WRITING)
; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

from this region saying " we are in the

doldrums

slang
- SLANG
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term
- TERM
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slang
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(" in the dumps ") seems to have been regarded as written from " The

Doldrums

DOLDRUMS (a slang term, dol = dull; cf. tantrum)

," which thus became the name of this undesirable locality.

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