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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lugubrious \Lu*gu"bri*ous\, a. [L. lugubris fr lugere to
mourn; cf Gr ? sad, Skr. ruj to break.]
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
lugubrious
adj : excessively mournful
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