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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: lugubris, from lugere 'to be sad, mourn'

lugubrious

 adjective
     
lu‧gu‧bri‧ous literary
very sad and serious - sometimes used humorously [= melancholy, morose]:
his lugubrious tear-stained face
—lugubriously adverb
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