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som⋅brous

  [som-bruhs]
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–adjective Archaic.
somber.
Origin:
1720–30; < F sombre somber + -ous
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som·brous   (sŏm'brəs)   
adj.   Archaic
Somber in aspect or in character: "where . . . the sombrous pine/And yew-tree o'er the silver rocks decline" (William Wordsworth).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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