sepulchral

English

Etymology

From Latin sepulcralis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səˈpʌlkɹəl/, /səˈpʊlkɹəl/

Adjective

sepulchral (comparative more sepulchral, superlative most sepulchral)

  1. Relating to a grave or to death; funereal.
  2. Suggestive of a grave or of death; having a hollow and deep sound.
    • 1995, Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: a Trilogy in Five Parts, →ISBN, page 367:
      'The Master of Krikkit,' said Slartibartfast again, and if his breathing had been sepulchral before, this time he sounded like someone in Hades with bronchitis.

Translations

See also

  • Heroon
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