sombrous

[som-bruhs]

som·brous

[som-bruhs]
adjective Archaic.

Origin:
1720–30; < French sombre somber + -ous
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Sombrous is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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sombre or somber (ˈsɒmbə)
 
adj
1.  dismal; melancholy: a sombre mood
2.  dim, gloomy, or shadowy
3.  (of colour, clothes, etc) sober, dull, or dark
 
[C18: from French, from Vulgar Latin subumbrāre (unattested) to shade, from Latin sub beneath + umbra shade]
 
somber or somber
 
adj
 
[C18: from French, from Vulgar Latin subumbrāre (unattested) to shade, from Latin sub beneath + umbra shade]
 
'sombrely or somber
 
adv
 
'somberly or somber
 
adv
 
'sombreness or somber
 
n
 
'somberness or somber
 
n
 
sombrous or somber
 
adj

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