funebrial
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin funebris (“belonging to a funeral”), from funus (“funeral”).
Adjective
[edit]funebrial (comparative more funebrial, superlative most funebrial)
- (obsolete) Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funereal.
- intended for funebrial purposes
- c. 1683 (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: […] Charles Mearn, […], published 1683, →OCLC:
- they [garlands] were convivial, festival, sacrificial, nuptial, honorary, funebrial
References
[edit]- “funebrial”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “funebrial”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.