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Webster 1913 Edition
Sepulchral
Se-pul′chral
,Adj.
[L.
sepulcralis
: cf. F. sépulcral
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead;
as, a
sepulchral
stone; a sepulchral
inscription.2.
Unnaturally low and grave; hollow in tone; – said of sound, especially of the voice.
This exaggerated dulling of the voice . . . giving what is commonly called a
sepulchral
tone. H. Sweet.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sepulchral
SEPUL'CHRAL
,Adj.
Definition 2024
sepulchral
sepulchral
English
Adjective
sepulchral (comparative more sepulchral, superlative most sepulchral)
- Relating to a grave or of death; funereal
- Suggestive of a grave or of death; having a hollow and deep sound
- 1995 (date of the publication of the anthology), Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: a Trilogy in Five Parts, ISBN 0434003484, page 367:
- '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.
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Translations
suggestive of grave
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See also
- Heroon