Montblack
October 20th 03, 06:48 PM
("Larry Smith" wrote)
> Sorry you're so, uh, lugubrious about your flying.
Huh? ....found it.
lugubrious
\Lu*gu"bri*ous\, a. [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr. ? sad, Skr.
ruj to break.] Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly;
doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look.
Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of
mortality. --Hawthorne. -- Lu*gu\"bri*ous*ly, adv. -- Lu*gu\"bri*ous*ness,
n.
--
Montblack
> Sorry you're so, uh, lugubrious about your flying.
Huh? ....found it.
lugubrious
\Lu*gu"bri*ous\, a. [L. lugubris, fr. lugere to mourn; cf. Gr. ? sad, Skr.
ruj to break.] Mournful; indicating sorrow, often ridiculously or feignedly;
doleful; woful; pitiable; as, a whining tone and a lugubrious look.
Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrious emblems of
mortality. --Hawthorne. -- Lu*gu\"bri*ous*ly, adv. -- Lu*gu\"bri*ous*ness,
n.
--
Montblack