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   doldrums

   /ˈdɒldrəmz/

   plural

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

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

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