luctual

English

Alternative forms

• luctuall

Etymology

From Latin luctus (“mourning, sorrow”), from lugere, from luctum (“to mourn”).

Adjective

luctual (comparative more luctual, superlative most luctual)

1. (obsolete) Producing grief; saddening.
   • 1619, George Buck, The History of King Richard the Third:

     the turbulent and luctuall times, which were to-wards the end and period of his life and reign

References

• “luctual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.