funest

adjective /fjuːˈnɛst/

1. Causing death or disaster; fatal, catastrophic; deplorable, lamentable.

   archaic

   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 punishing them as an high defect in our politics, and a forerunner of something very funest.

Where it comes from

From French funeste, from Latin fūnestus, from fūnus (“funeral; death”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry funest (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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