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lugubrious |
2 definitions found 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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