funest
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of funest
1645–55; < French funeste < Latin fūnestus, derivative of fūnus funeral, death
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Italy! thou who'rt doomed to wear The fatal gift of beauty, and possess The dower funest of infinite wretchedness Written upon thy forehead by despair; Ah! would that thou wert stronger, or less fair.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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