threnetic
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ancient Greek θρηνητικός (thrēnētikós, “inclined to lament, querulous”). By surface analysis, threne + -etic.
Adjective
[edit]threnetic (comparative more threnetic, superlative most threnetic)
- Relating to a threne
- Synonyms: dirgeful, lamentful, threnetical
- sorrowful; mournful.
- Synonyms: miserable, threnetical, unhappy; see also Thesaurus:sad
References
[edit]- “threnetic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.