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solemncholy

adj

Etymology

Blend of solemn + melancholy.

  1. derived from melancolie
  2. inherited from malencolie
  3. compounded as solemncholy — “solemn + melancholy”

Definitions

  1. solemn

    solemn; serious

    • On the night of the 4th of February , Ailie wrote to her cousin elect— “This is the maddest, merriest Sunday which any one of these, your five solemncholy English friends have ever spent. […]
    • I wouldna deny it in front of such a number of sharp-eyed solemncholy gentlemen. I flung the stone that dropped Mr Crawford.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA