Lugubriate

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To render, become, or be lugubrious. intransitive, rare, transitive
  2. 2
    To be the etiology of lugubriousness in general. intransitive, rare

    "Such litanies of equilibrium in economics annually agitate the Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland, and lugubriate in the worldly wisdom of such sages."

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"Such litanies of equilibrium in economics annually agitate the Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland, and lugubriate in the worldly wisdom of such sages."

Etymology

From lugubrious; see -ate.

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