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Definition of Funest
1. a. Lamentable; doleful.
Definition of Funest
1. Adjective. (rare) Causing death or disaster; fatal, catastrophic; deplorable, lamentable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Funest
1. portending death or evil [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Funest
Literary usage of Funest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1838)
"A common reader would pronounce it ' funest,' and perhaps mistake it for ' funniest.'
Ib. p. 382. — sacraments, which to be seven, is with them an article ..."
2. Notes on English Divines by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1853)
"In the adoption of this word ' funest' into the English language by apocope of
the final us, Taylor is supported by ' honest' and ' modest;' but then the ..."
3. A Shorter Preparatory Course of Latin Prose: Consisting of Four Books of by Allen, Allen & Greenough (1875)
"... sa<l. funest-oU), «• (funest-ua, to render), to pollute, defile, contaminate.; to
bring dishonor upon. ..."
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