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/fyooh nest"/, adj.boding or causing evil or death; fatal; disastrous.[1645-55; < F funeste < L funestus, deriv. of funus funeral, death]
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funest — FUNÉST, Ă, funeşti, ste, adj. Care aduce nenorocire, moarte; fatal. ♦ Trist, funebru, sinistru. – Din fr. funeste, lat. funestus, it. funesto. Trimis de RACAI, 21.11.2003. Sursa: DEX 98 FUNÉST adj. 1. v. dezastruos. 2. fatal, nefast, sinistru,… … Dicționar Român
Funest — Fu*nest , a. [L. funestus, fr. funus a funeral, destruction: cf. F. funeste.] Lamentable; doleful. [R.] Funest and direful deaths. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] A forerunner of something very funest. Evelyn. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Funest — (v. lat.), traurig, unglücklich … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Funést — (lat.), unheilbringend, unheilvoll, traurig … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
funest — “portending death,” 1550s (implied in funestal), from M.Fr. funeste unlucky (14c.), from L. funestus causing death, destructive; mournful, from funus (see FUNERAL (Cf. funeral) (n.)) … Etymology dictionary
funest — adjective /fjuːˈnɛst/ Causing death or disaster; fatal, catastrophic; deplorable, lamentable. I do assure you, there is nothing I have a greater scorn and indignation against, than these wretched scoffers; and I look upon our neglect of severely… … Wiktionary
funest — fu|nest Mot Agut Adjectiu variable … Diccionari Català-Català
funést — adj. m., pl. funéşti; f. sg. funéstã, pl. funéste … Romanian orthography
funest — fu·nest … English syllables
funest — (ˈ)fyü|nest adjective Etymology: French funeste, from Latin funestus, from funer , funus : portending death or evil : fatal, dire, doleful … Useful english dictionary
