necropolitan
/ˌnɛkrə(ʊ)ˈpɒlɪt(ə)n/adjective
Of or belonging to a necropolis; (more generally) that suggests or is concerned with death or dying; mournful, melancholy, funereal.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Littell's Living Age. From necropolis + -itan, after cosmopolitan, metropolitan.
- little me
- little-minded
- little-mindedness
- Little Missouri River
- little mother
- littleneck
- little Ned
- little Neddy
- littleness
- little ones
- little or nothing
- little (or nothing) short of
- little Orphan Annie
- little Orphant Annie
- Little Ouse
- little owl
- Little Parliament
- little penguin
- little people
- little piecer
- Little Red Book
- little review
- Little Rhody
- Little Rock
- Littler's blue