Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lugubriate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lugubri-ate
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To render, become, or be lugubrious.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

verb

To be the etiology of lugubriousness in general.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Such litanies of equilibrium in economics annually agitate the Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland, and lugubriate in the worldly wisdom of such sages."
"He who culminates his nature's wealth will ne'er lugubriate by stealth."
"I've listened to Leonard Cohen lugubriate his erotic evasions, and to Van the Man rave on about the blues and Debussy, to Doc Cook, the Good Father of my college days, rhapsodize about Emerson's bare puddle vastations."

Etymology

From lugubrious; see -ate.

Usage

Inflected Forms

lugubriates (present, singular) lugubriating (participle, present) lugubriated (participle, past) lugubriated (past)

Questions

What does lugubriate mean?: To render, become, or be lugubrious.
Where does lugubriate come from?: From lugubrious; see -ate.

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