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funereal, a.|fjuːˈnɪərɪəl|
[f. L. fūnere-us (f. fūner-, fūnus: see funeral) + -al1.]
Of or pertaining to a funeral; appropriate to a funeral. Hence, gloomy, dark, dismal, melancholy, mournful.
1725Pope Odyss. iv. 740 You timely will return a welcome guest, With him to share the sad funereal feast. c1750Shenstone Elegies iv. 2 Near some lone fane, or yew's funereal green. 1791Cowper Iliad ii. 725 Cyparissa veiled With broad redundance of funereal shades. 1818Scott Rob Roy xxxv, A chill hung over our minds, as if the feast had been funereal. 1841Thackeray Second Funeral Napoleon i, A car..decked with funereal emblems, had been prepared. 1871L. Stephen Playgr. Eur. iv. iii. 239 We marched at a funereal pace through the forest. 1875P. Le P. Renouf Egypt. Gram. 66 The funereal papyri.
Hence fuˈnereally adv., in a funereal manner.
1860All Year Round No. 39. 294 Strangely and funereally suggestive of a mausoleum. 1886W. J. Tucker E. Europe 332 The hearse..was drawn by four black funereally-draped horses. |