† funestousadj.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: French funeste , -ous suffix; Latin fūnestus , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < French funeste or its etymon classical Latin fūnestus (for both, see funest adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier funest adj., funestal adj.

Obsolete.

Causing or portending death or evil; fatal, disastrous; dreadful; = funest adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > attended by or causing affliction

eileOE

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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adjective]

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1641 W. Twisse Of Morality 4th Commandm. iii. 34 Sufficient to scare any man in these times, considering how Funestous a condition it is, to come under the shadow of the very name of Puritan.

a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) i. iv. 90 Have pity on a wretch to whom both life and death are equally funestous [Fr. funestes].

1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Exact Hist. Late Revol. Naples 69 With such funestous preparatifs [It. con tal funesto apparato].

1689 Myst. Iniq. 10 That funestous War betwixt Charles the First and the Parliament.

1702 E. Sherburne in tr. Seneca Tragedies (new ed.) Ep. Ded. The Representation of the most funestous Events that could befal Humanity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	funestous
释义	† funestousadj. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: French funeste , -ous suffix; Latin fūnestus , -ous suffix. Etymology: < French funeste or its etymon classical Latin fūnestus (for both, see funest adj.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier funest adj., funestal adj. Obsolete. Causing or portending death or evil; fatal, disastrous; dreadful; = funest adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > attended by or causing affliction eileOE soreOE unselec1050 evilc1175 derfa1225 stourc1275 feeble1297 illa1325 fella1400 unhappya1400 unwealful1412 importunea1425 noisomea1450 shrewd1482 importunable?c1485 importunate1490 funestal1538 nippingc1550 troublesome1552 pinching1563 grievesome1568 afflicting1573 afflictive1576 pressing1591 lacerating1609 funest1636 funestous1641 gravaminous1659 unkind1682 plightful1721 damning1798 acanthocladous1858 damnatory1858 fraught1966 the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adjective] awlyc1200 grievousa1300 grilla1300 uglya1300 strongc1300 outrageousa1325 heinousc1374 excessive1393 curseda1400 fella1400 misshapenc1400 rankc1400 monstruousc1425 enorm1481 prodigiousc1487 villainous1489 nefand1490 sceleratea1513 monstrous1531 funestal1538 enormious1545 facinorous1548 flagitious1550 dire1567 bonable1575 felonious1575 bomination1589 unvenial?1589 heathenish1592 enormous1593 villainous1598 nameless1611 pitchy1612 funest1636 funestous1641 scarleta1643 nefandous1649 aversable1663 atrocious1669 frightful1700 flagrant1706 atrocea1734 diabolical1750 unspeakable1831 1641 W. Twisse Of Morality 4th Commandm. iii. 34 Sufficient to scare any man in these times, considering how Funestous a condition it is, to come under the shadow of the very name of Puritan. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) i. iv. 90 Have pity on a wretch to whom both life and death are equally funestous [Fr. funestes]. 1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Exact Hist. Late Revol. Naples 69 With such funestous preparatifs [It. con tal funesto apparato]. 1689 Myst. Iniq. 10 That funestous War betwixt Charles the First and the Parliament. 1702 E. Sherburne in tr. Seneca Tragedies (new ed.) Ep. Ded. The Representation of the most funestous Events that could befal Humanity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1641
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