Re: [tied] Re: Anouilh

It's an Anglicised Latin word (luctuo:sus, from luctus 'sorrow'). My French dictionary records "luctueux" (marked as archaic), though I've never seen it used. I tried a net search for "luctuous" and came up with several hits, not ALL of them quoting _Finnegan's Wake_ (though most admittedly did). Here's the weirdest example of all:

Check out all of the *luctuous* women of wrestling NUDE!! (etc.)

Wow! How luctuous!

Piotr

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From: dmilt1896@...

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Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 8:48 PM

Subject: [tied] Re: Anouilh

"Luctuous" is in the OED, quoted from Bailey's 1721 dictionary, but with no example of actual usage found by OED readers. I'm a bit confused how it got into a cybalist message -- from Joyce, from a dictionary, an anglicized Catalan word?