deep mourning

noun

completely black mourning clothes made of a drab material: After her brother died, she was in deep mourning for a year.

Origin of deep mourning

First recorded in 1715–25

Words nearby deep mourning

deep inguinal ring, deep kiss, deep lingual vein, deep link, deep linking, deep mourning, deep perineal space, deep peroneal nerve, deep petrosal nerve, deep pocket, deep pockets

Example sentences from the Web for deep mourning

  • I wore my deep-mourning dress for the first time that day, and Mabel, similarly attired, sat beside me.

    Miriam Monfort |Catherine A. Warfield