funereal

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"Don't be so funereal, then."

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  1. adjective Of or relating to a funeral.
  2. adjective Appropriate for or suggestive of a funeral; mournful: funereal gloom.

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  1. From Latin fūnereus, from fūnus, fūner-, funeral; see funeral.

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  1. As Spanish funéreo = Portuguese Italian funereo: from Latin funereus, of or belonging to a funeral ( from funus (funer -), a funeral: see funeral), + -al.
 

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/fjuˈnirəəl/
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