threnetic
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek θρηνητικός (thrēnētikós, “inclined to lament, querulous”); synchronically analyzable as threne + -etic.
Adjective
threnetic (comparative more threnetic, superlative most threnetic)
- Relating to a threne; sorrowful; mournful.
Synonyms
- threnetical
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 threnetic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)