sepulchraladj.

/sɪˈpʌlkrəl/

Etymology: < Latin sepulcrālis, < sepulcrum sepulchre n.: see -al suffix¹. Compare French sépulcral, Spanish sepulcral, Portuguese sepulcral, Italian sepolcrale, sepulcrale.

1. Of or pertaining to burial or a place of burial.

a. Pertaining to or serving as a sepulchre or tomb; forming part of a sepulchre, or its furniture; monumental. sepulchral cone: a cone of baked clay found in some Egyptian tombs, intended to represent offerings of food.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [adjective]

monumental1603

sepulchrala1631

tumulary1758

tombal1861

tombic1868

a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 278 Wee like sepulchrall statues lay.

1645 J. Milton Passion vii, in Poems 18 Mine eye hath found that sad Sepulchral rock That was the Casket of Heav'ns richest store.

1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 31 Sepulchral lyes our holy walls to grace, And New-year-Odes, and all the Grubstreet race.

1740 T. Gray Let. ?May in Poems (1775) 91 A sepulchral marble at the villa Giustiniani.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 230 Old sepulchral urns.

1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. ii. v. 423 The sepulchral lamp,..burning through long ages to light up the entombed ashes.

1904 E. A. T. W. Budge Guide 3rd & 4th Egypt. Rooms Brit. Museum 107 A collection of baked clay ‘cones’, stamped with the names and titles of princes, chiefs, and officials who were buried in the necropolis of Thebes... The objects are commonly called sepulchral cones.

b. Pertaining to rights and customs connected with burial, funeral.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > [adjective]

mortuary1460

mortual1514

sepulchral?1615

bustal1727

sepultural1789

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) iii. 430 Thus hauing slaine him; a sepulchrall feast He made the Argiues.

1729 G. Adams tr. Sophocles Antigone ii. iv, in tr. Sophocles Trag. II. 29 She..copiously adorns the Carcase with sepulchral Libations.

1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. iii. 76 The system of human sacrifices was not unknown among early Roman sepulchral rites.

†c. (See quot. 1728) Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Sepulchral Hereticks, were thus call'd, from their principal Error, which was, That by the Word Hell, whither the Scripture tells us Jesus Christ descended after his Death, they understood his Sepulcher.

2. transferred. Suggestive of a sepulchre, appropriate to a tomb; dismal, gloomy, melancholy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing

darkOE

unmerryOE

deathlyc1225

dolefulc1275

elengec1275

dreicha1300

coolc1350

cloudyc1374

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funeralc1425

uncheerfulc1449

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dolesome1533

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ungladsome1558

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plaintive?1570

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dernful?1591

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amating1600

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dusky1602

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damping1607

mortifying1611

tearful?1611

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unked1620

mopish1621

godforsaken?1623

uncheerly1627

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Decemberly1765

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Heaven-abandoneda1907

downbeat1952

doomy1967

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective] > of sounds

resonant1592

sonorous1632

vocal1667

sepulchral1796

round1832

a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 73 Sepulchral Cypress, Lawrel, Pine, and Bays, Yew, and all Trees, whose Verdure ne're decays, Are planted in long Rows, where Mourners walk.

1796 R. Southey Rudiger xli A deep sepulcral sound the cave Return'd.

1840 J. T. J. Hewlett Peter Priggins v, in New Monthly Mag. His laugh..was a sepulchral oh! hah! which issued from his chest without any sympathetic movement of the muscles of his face.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. viii. lxvii. 308 The sepulchral Ezra.

†3. Like a tomb, serving to entomb. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [adjective] > like or of the nature of

sepulchral1801

sepulchrous1831

1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. i. 22 For this..The silkworm of the East Spun her sepulchral egg.

1802 E. Darwin Orig. Society iv. 61 With monstrous gape sepulchral whales devour Shoals at a gulp.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sepulchral
释义	sepulchraladj. /sɪˈpʌlkrəl/ Etymology: < Latin sepulcrālis, < sepulcrum sepulchre n.: see -al suffix¹. Compare French sépulcral, Spanish sepulcral, Portuguese sepulcral, Italian sepolcrale, sepulcrale. 1. Of or pertaining to burial or a place of burial. a. Pertaining to or serving as a sepulchre or tomb; forming part of a sepulchre, or its furniture; monumental. sepulchral cone: a cone of baked clay found in some Egyptian tombs, intended to represent offerings of food. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [adjective] monumental1603 sepulchrala1631 tumulary1758 tombal1861 tombic1868 a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 278 Wee like sepulchrall statues lay. 1645 J. Milton Passion vii, in Poems 18 Mine eye hath found that sad Sepulchral rock That was the Casket of Heav'ns richest store. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 31 Sepulchral lyes our holy walls to grace, And New-year-Odes, and all the Grubstreet race. 1740 T. Gray Let. ?May in Poems (1775) 91 A sepulchral marble at the villa Giustiniani. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 230 Old sepulchral urns. 1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. ii. v. 423 The sepulchral lamp,..burning through long ages to light up the entombed ashes. 1904 E. A. T. W. Budge Guide 3rd & 4th Egypt. Rooms Brit. Museum 107 A collection of baked clay ‘cones’, stamped with the names and titles of princes, chiefs, and officials who were buried in the necropolis of Thebes... The objects are commonly called sepulchral cones. b. Pertaining to rights and customs connected with burial, funeral. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > [adjective] mortuary1460 mortual1514 sepulchral?1615 bustal1727 sepultural1789 ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) iii. 430 Thus hauing slaine him; a sepulchrall feast He made the Argiues. 1729 G. Adams tr. Sophocles Antigone ii. iv, in tr. Sophocles Trag. II. 29 She..copiously adorns the Carcase with sepulchral Libations. 1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. iii. 76 The system of human sacrifices was not unknown among early Roman sepulchral rites. †c. (See quot. 1728) Obsolete. ΚΠ 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Sepulchral Hereticks, were thus call'd, from their principal Error, which was, That by the Word Hell, whither the Scripture tells us Jesus Christ descended after his Death, they understood his Sepulcher. 2. transferred. Suggestive of a sepulchre, appropriate to a tomb; dismal, gloomy, melancholy. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective] > gloomy or depressing darkOE unmerryOE deathlyc1225 dolefulc1275 elengec1275 dreicha1300 coolc1350 cloudyc1374 sada1375 colda1400 deadlya1400 joylessc1400 unjoyful?c1400 disconsolatea1413 mournfula1425 funeralc1425 uncheerfulc1449 dolent1489 dolesome1533 heavy-hearted1555 glum1558 ungladsome1558 black1562 pleasureless1567 dern1570 plaintive?1570 glummish1573 cheerless1575 comfortless1576 wintry1579 glummy1580 funebral1581 discouraging1584 dernful?1591 murk1596 recomfortless1596 sullen1597 amating1600 lugubrious1601 dusky1602 sable1603 funebrial1604 damping1607 mortifying1611 tearful?1611 uncouth1611 dulsome1613 luctual1613 dismal1617 winterous1617 unked1620 mopish1621 godforsaken?1623 uncheerly1627 funebrious1630 lugubrous1632 drearisome1633 unheartsome1637 feral1641 drear1645 darksome1649 sadding1649 saddening1650 disheartening1654 funebrous1654 luctiferous1656 mestifical1656 tristifical1656 sooty1657 dreary1667 tenebrose1677 clouded1682 tragicala1700 funereal1707 gloomy1710 sepulchrala1711 dumpishc1717 bleaka1719 depressive1727 lugubre1727 muzzy1728 dispiriting1733 uncheery1760 unconsolatory1760 unjolly1764 Decemberly1765 sombre1768 uncouthie1768 depressing1772 unmirthful1782 sombrous1789 disanimating1791 Decemberish1793 grey1794 uncheering1796 ungenial1796 uncomforting1798 disencouraginga1806 stern1812 chilling1815 uncheered1817 dejecting1818 mopey1821 desponding1828 wisht1829 leadening1835 unsportful1837 demoralizing1840 Novemberish1840 frigid1844 morne1844 tragic1848 wet-blanketty1848 morgue1850 ungladdeneda1851 adusk1856 smileless1858 soul-sick1858 Novemberya1864 saturnine1863 down1873 lacklustre1883 Heaven-abandoneda1907 downbeat1952 doomy1967 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adjective] > of sounds resonant1592 sonorous1632 vocal1667 sepulchral1796 round1832 a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 73 Sepulchral Cypress, Lawrel, Pine, and Bays, Yew, and all Trees, whose Verdure ne're decays, Are planted in long Rows, where Mourners walk. 1796 R. Southey Rudiger xli A deep sepulcral sound the cave Return'd. 1840 J. T. J. Hewlett Peter Priggins v, in New Monthly Mag. His laugh..was a sepulchral oh! hah! which issued from his chest without any sympathetic movement of the muscles of his face. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. viii. lxvii. 308 The sepulchral Ezra. †3. Like a tomb, serving to entomb. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [adjective] > like or of the nature of sepulchral1801 sepulchrous1831 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. i. 22 For this..The silkworm of the East Spun her sepulchral egg. 1802 E. Darwin Orig. Society iv. 61 With monstrous gape sepulchral whales devour Shoals at a gulp. 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