sepulchral

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /səˈpʌlkɹəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #179421

Meanings

1

adj
of or relating to a sepulchre

Sepulchral inscriptions.
2

adj
Suggestive of a grave or of death; gloomy; solemn.

He alluded constantly to Europe, to the people I was supposed to know there - putting leading questions as to my acquaintances in the sepulchral city, and so on.

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Word family

Forms sepulchrally

Derived forms sepulchralizesepulchrallyunsepulchral

Related forms heroonsepulchre

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sepulcralis.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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