Funereal

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /fjuːˈnɪəɹɪəl/

Origin

Middle French funerail, from Latin funereus + -al.

Full definition of funereal

Adjective

1. Of or relating to a funeral.
• Joyce Ulysses, Episode 12:From the belfries far and near the funereal deathbell tolled unceasingly while all around the gloomy precincts rolled the ominous warning of a hundred muffled drums punctuated by the hollow booming of pieces of ordnance.
• 2000, Goerge RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 474:Seven were chosen to push the funereal boat to the water, in honor of the seven faces of god.
2. Similar to a funeral, such as dignified or solemn.
• 1900, William Beckford, The History of the Caliph Vathek, "A funereal gloom prevailed over the whole scene."