ensepulcher · verb — to lay in a sepulcher; to entomb. It carries an Arena rating of 1422, earned across 24 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, ensepulcher ranks #201 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #737 of 17,148 for Scariest Words, #2,106 of 17,138 for Most Sublime Words, #4,202 of 17,149 for Most Vivid Words.
Why “ensepulcher” is a great word
To place or inter a body within a constructed tomb or burial vault. From the prefix en- (meaning "to put into or on") + sepulcher (from Old French sepulcre, from Latin sepulcrum, "a tomb, grave"), first recorded in English use 1810–20. Unlike "inter," a general term for burial, or "enshrine," which implies reverent preservation, "ensepulcher" specifies the precise, physical act of confinement within a built chamber of stone. It is the heavy, resonant thud of a stone lid being slid into place, the absolute darkness of a sealed niche, and the final weight of a marble slab settling into its groove—the formal grammar of disappearance, a sentence written in masonry.
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Etymology
From en- + sepulcher.
verb
- To lay in a sepulcher; to entomb.
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