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LUGUBRIOUS
lugubrious
(adjective) excessively mournful
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
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
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