luctual

English

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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “luctual”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)