lugubrious
(adjective) excessively mournful
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lugubrious (comparative more lugubrious, superlative most lugubrious)
Gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
Source: Wiktionary
Lu*gu"bri*ous, a. Etym: [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr. ruj to break.]
Definition: Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly; doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look. Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of mortality. Hawthorne.
– Lu*gu"bri*ous*ly, adv.
– Lu*gu"bri*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
