Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Funereal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Funereal \Fu*ne"re*al\, a. [L. funereus, fr. fentus a funeral.]
Suiting a funeral; pertaining to burial; solemn. Hence: Dark;
dismal; mournful. --Jer. Taylor.
What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be heaven's
distant lamps. --Longfellow.
-- {Fu*ne"re*al*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
funereal
adj : suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal
gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones" [syn: {sepulchral}]
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