Relating to or characteristic of funerals; having a mournful, dark, or death-like quality.
From Latin 'funebrosus' or modeled on 'funebris' with the suffix '-ous.' A variant form emphasizing the quality of being mournful.
English has at least five different words meaning 'funeral-like' (funereal, funebrous, funebre, etc.)—writers could pick whichever sounded darkest!
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