lugubrious

[Flaminius]

I just take fancy on the two u's on both ends of g.

from somebody's site:

lugubrious [adj. lu-GOO-bree-us or lu-GYOO-bree-us] If you were to see someone looking lugubrious you might suggest that they smile or at least stop and ask them "what is the matter?" Someone looking or acting lugubrious is mournful, dismal, or gloomy. Quite often their sorrow seems exaggerated or affected. Near synonyms of this adjective include: doleful, sorrowful, sad, and melancholy. Example: "His mother was starting to worry, he had been looking lugubrious ever since Esther broke up with him." Lugubrious has been describing gloomy countenances since the 16th century. The word is from the Latin lugubris (mournful) which is akin to the verb lugere (to mourn).

[Slava]

Excellent word that needs to be used more often, I'd say.

The Dr. gave it his patented treatment here:

http://www.alphadictionary.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=358