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luctual

luctual adjective: producing grief; saddening.

Adjective

luctual (comparative more luctual, superlative most luctual)

  1. (obsolete) Producing grief; saddening.
    • the turbulent and luctuall times, which were to-wards the end and period of his life and reign1619, George Buck, The History of King Richard the Third

Forms of luctual

comparativemore luctual
superlativemost luctual
alternative formluctuall

Origin of luctual

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

Questions about luctual

What does luctual mean?
Luctual means producing grief; saddening.
What part of speech is luctual?
Luctual is an adjective.

Words near luctual in the dictionary

  1. LUCT
  2. luctation
  3. luctations
  4. luctiferous
  5. Lucton
  6. luctual
  7. lucubrate
  8. lucubrated
  9. lucubrates
  10. lucubrating
  11. lucubration

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