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lugubrious

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lugubrious /lʊˈguːbrɪəs/

▶adjective mournful; sad and dismal.

– derivatives
lugubriously adverb,
lugubriousness noun.

– origin C17: from L. lugubris (from lugere ‘mourn’) + -ous.

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