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   Dol·drums

   /ˈdōldrəmz/

   

   plural

   • 1. a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression: "the mortgage market has been in the doldrums for three years"
   • ▪ an equatorial region of the Atlantic Ocean with calms, sudden storms, and light unpredictable winds.

   Word Origin late 18th century (as doldrum ‘dull, sluggish person’): perhaps from dull, on the pattern of tantrums.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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