Crossword clues for funest
funest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Funest
Funest \Fu*nest"\, a. [L. funestus, fr. funus a funeral,
destruction: cf. F. funeste.]
Lamentable; doleful. [R.] ``Funest and direful deaths.''
--Coleridge.
A forerunner of something very funest.
--Evelyn.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
funest
"portending death," 1650s, obsolete from 18c. except in poetry, from Middle French funeste "unlucky" (14c.), from Latin funestus "causing death, destructive; mournful," from funus "a funeral" (see funeral (n.)). Related: Funestal (1550s).
Wiktionary
funest
a. (context now rare English) Causing death or disaster; fatal, catastrophic; deplorable, lamentable.