funebrial

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adjective

Pertaining to a funeral or funerals; funereal.

“intended for funebrial purposes”

OriginLatin funebris →
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Meanings

adjectivefunebrial (not comparable)

alternative funebral

  1. not comparableobsoletePertaining to a funeral or funerals; funereal.

    intended for funebrial purposes

    1 more example

    they [garlands] were convivial, festival, sacrificial, nuptial, honorary, funebrial

    c. 1683 (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: […] Charles Mearn, […], published 1683, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinfunebris“belonging to a funeral”
  2. Englishfunebrial

From Latin funebris (“belonging to a funeral”), from funus (“funeral”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

funebrial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funebrial

MLA

“funebrial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funebrial. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “funebrial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funebrial.

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