solemncholy
English
Etymology
Blend of solemn + melancholy
Adjective
solemncholy (comparative more solemncholy, superlative most solemncholy)
- (nonstandard, dialect or humorous) solemn; serious
- 1879, Kate Ross, A Sicilian Legacy (volume 2, page 230)
- 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. […]
- On the night of the 4th of February , Ailie wrote to her cousin elect—
- 1999, Dorothy Dunnett, Checkmate
- I wouldna deny it in front of such a number of sharp-eyed solemncholy gentlemen. I flung the stone that dropped Mr Crawford.
- 1879, Kate Ross, A Sicilian Legacy (volume 2, page 230)
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