Word of the Day: LUCTISONOUS

ETYMOLOGY
from Latin luctisonus (from luctus (grief )+ son- root of sonus (sound)) + -ous

EXAMPLE
“… Let me coacervate a few
Ambagious words amarulent,
Ludificatory, but true,
Ere I become so macilent,
That without voice to ululate
My lov’d one’s
luctisonous name,
My honour I impignorate,
And raise a temulentive flame.
…”

From: The Savage-Club Papers
Edited by Andrew Halliday, 1867
A Social Science Valentine, By Thomas Archer.

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