sepulchral
/səˈpʌlkɹəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Suggestive of a grave or of death; gloomy; solemn.
Example Sentences
- "He alluded constantly to Europe, to the people I was supposed to know there - putting leading questions as to my acquaintances in the sepulchral city, and so on."
- "Over and over I found myself visiting homes where the predominant feeling was sepulchral, dusty, and deserted […]"
- "As for your treatment of ME," concluded Uncle Tinfish, almost having another disaster to his vocal chords at the thought of it, "I wash my hands of you, sir - I renounce you - I " Uncle Tinfish's voice was suddenly lowered to a tone of sepulchral hollowness."
- "'The Master of Krikkit,' said Slartibartfast again, and if his breathing had been sepulchral before, this time he sounded like someone in Hades with bronchitis."
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin sepeliō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Italic *-klom Latin -crum Latin sepulcrum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sepulcralislbor. English sepulchral Learned borrowing from Latin sepulcralis.
Inflected Forms
more sepulchral (comparative)
most sepulchral (superlative)