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.
| 1725 Pope Odyss. iv. 740 You timely will return a welcome guest, With him to share the sad funereal feast. c 1750 Shenstone Elegies iv. 2 Near some lone fane, or yew's funereal green. 1791 Cowper Iliad ii. 725 Cyparissa veiled With broad redundance of funereal shades. 1818 Scott Rob Roy xxxv, A chill hung over our minds, as if the feast had been funereal. 1841 Thackeray Second Funeral Napoleon i, A car..decked with funereal emblems, had been prepared. 1871 L. Stephen Playgr. Eur. iv. iii. 239 We marched at a funereal pace through the forest. 1875 P. Le P. Renouf Egypt. Gram. 66 The funereal papyri. |
Hence fuˈnereally adv., in a funereal manner.
| 1860 All Year Round No. 39. 294 Strangely and funereally suggestive of a mausoleum. 1886 W. J. Tucker E. Europe 332 The hearse..was drawn by four black funereally-draped horses. |