Etymology

lugubrious

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Today it means: Gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree. Full definition →

Latin lūgubris
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromlūgubris“mournful; gloomy”
  2. English todaylugubrious

Borrowed from Latin lūgubris (“mournful; gloomy”), with the suffix -ious.

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