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sepulcheral

sepulcheral is the misspelling of sepulchral.

Meaning of sepulchral

Adjective

sepulchral (comparative more sepulchral, superlative most sepulchral)

  1. Relating to a grave or to death; funereal.
  2. Suggestive of a grave or of death; gloomy; solemn.
    • He alluded constantly to Europe, to the people I was supposed to know there - putting leading questions as to my acquaintances in the sepulchral city, and so on.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 214
  3. Having a hollow and deep sound.
    • As for your treatment of ME," concluded Uncle Tinfish, almost having another disaster to his vocal chords at the thought of it, "I wash my hands of you, sir - I renounce you - I " Uncle Tinfish's voice was suddenly lowered to a tone of sepulchral hollowness.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 163

Questions about sepulcheral

What is sepulcheral the misspelling of?
Sepulcheral is the misspelling of sepulchral.

Words near sepulcheral in the dictionary

  1. septuply
  2. septæmia
  3. sepuh
  4. sepuhs
  5. sepulcher
  6. sepulcheral
  7. sepulchered
  8. sepulchering
  9. sepulchers
  10. sepulchral
  11. sepulchralize

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