funest (comparative more funest, superlative most funest)
(now rare) Causing death or disaster; fatal, catastrophic; deplorable, lamentable.
Source: Wiktionary
Fu*nest", a. Etym: [L. funestus, fr. funus a funeral, destruction: cf. F. funeste.]
Definition: Lamentable; doleful. [R.] "Funest and direful deaths." Coleridge. A forerunner of something very funest. Evelyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 May 2025
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
