Etymology

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Today it means: Producing grief; saddening. Full definition →

Latin luctus
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  1. Latin · derived fromluctus“mourning, sorrow”
  2. English todayluctual

From Latin luctus (“mourning, sorrow”), from lugere, from luctum (“to mourn”).

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