funerary

[fyoo-nuh-rer-ee] Origin

fu·ner·ar·y

[fyoo-nuh-rer-ee]
adjective
of or pertaining to a funeral or burial: a funerary urn.

Origin:
1685–95; < Late Latin fūnerārius of, relating to a funeral. See funeral, -ary

funeral, funereal, funerary.
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Funerary is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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funerary (ˈfjuːnərərɪ)
 
adj
of, relating to, or for a funeral

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funerary
1690s, from L.L. funerarius, from funer-, root of funus (see funeral (n.)).
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