(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:48:30

Fu*nest" (?), a. [L. funestus, fr. funus a funeral, destruction: cf. F. funeste.]

Lamentable; doleful.

[R.] "Funest and direful deaths."

Coleridge.

A forerunner of something very funest. Evelyn.

 

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