Luctuosity
/ˌlʌk.tjuˈɒs.ɪ.ti/noun
Excessive grief or sorrow; mournfulness.
Did you know?Luctuosity comes from Latin luctus, “mourning,” from lugere, “to mourn,” a root that gave English the rare, almost occult-sounding language of sorrow.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leug-
“to break, bend, or be broken; later extended in Latin to grief and mourning”
Latin
Latin
lugere
“to mourn, lament”
Latin
Latin
luctus
“mourning, grief”
Late Latin
Latin
luctuositas
“state of mourning; sorrowfulness”
Middle English / Early Modern English
English
luctuosity
“mourning; sorrowfulness, especially excessive grief”
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