sobersidesn.

/ˈsəʊbəˌsʌɪdz/

Etymology: < sober adj.

A sedate, serious-minded person. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [noun] > serious or solemn person

gravet1582

agelastic1623

sobersides?1705

agelast1877

solemnsides1957

?1705 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Char. Priest-craft 18 And he say’d—Nay; or, no, no, Sobersides, no.

1779 J. Wedgwood Let. 25 Feb. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 229 I am sorry you have been again out of luck with a horse; but do not despair. I have got a sober sides on trial for a week past.

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 430 Sobersides, a creature of sober habits.

1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. (1852) 85 The mamma naturally takes part with the Sobersides who has so much sympathy with her rheumatism.

1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (ed. 3) 221 Innumerable sea-birds sat in the crevices... There was one old sober-sides with whom I passed a good ten minutes tête-à-tête.

1878 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIV. 252 They say, ‘Oh, you old sobersides, how grave you are!’

Derivatives

ˈsober-sided adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective]

seinec1330

sober1362

unfeastlyc1386

murec1390

unlaughter-milda1400

sadc1400

solemnyc1420

solemned1423

serious1440

solemnc1449

solenc1460

solemnel?1473

moy1487

demure1523

grave1549

staid1557

sage1564

sullen1583

weighty1602

solid1632

censoriousa1637

(as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650

untriumphant1659

setc1660

agelastic1666

austere1667

humourless1671

unlaughing1737

smileless1740

untriflinga1743

untittering1749

steady1759

dun1797

antithalian1818

dreich1819

laughterless1825

unsmiling1826

laughless1827

unfestive1844

sober-sided1847

gleeless1850

unfarcical1850

mome1855

deedy1895

button-down1959

buttoned-down1960

straight-faced1975

1847 C. G. F. Gore Castles in Air x After that sober-sided fellow..filled him with qualms that ruined his digestion.

1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes i. 4 Honoré in mask? he is too sober-sided to do such a thing.

1892 C. M. Yonge That Stick i. 3 His recreations were of the sober-sided sort—the chess club, the institute, the choral society.

1925 Scribner's Mag. Oct. 340/1 Robert E. Lee..was no more sober-sided than the average cadet of good morals and intellect.

1950 Psychiatry Feb. 8/2 A sober-sided, meticulous investigator.

1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon ii. 41 The Apollo news center at Cape Kennedy issued a sobersided ‘status report’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	sobersides
释义	sobersidesn. /ˈsəʊbəˌsʌɪdz/ Etymology: < sober adj. A sedate, serious-minded person. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [noun] > serious or solemn person gravet1582 agelastic1623 sobersides?1705 agelast1877 solemnsides1957 ?1705 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Char. Priest-craft 18 And he say’d—Nay; or, no, no, Sobersides, no. 1779 J. Wedgwood Let. 25 Feb. in Sel. Lett. (1965) 229 I am sorry you have been again out of luck with a horse; but do not despair. I have got a sober sides on trial for a week past. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 430 Sobersides, a creature of sober habits. 1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. (1852) 85 The mamma naturally takes part with the Sobersides who has so much sympathy with her rheumatism. 1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (ed. 3) 221 Innumerable sea-birds sat in the crevices... There was one old sober-sides with whom I passed a good ten minutes tête-à-tête. 1878 C. H. Spurgeon Serm. XXIV. 252 They say, ‘Oh, you old sobersides, how grave you are!’ Derivatives ˈsober-sided adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective] seinec1330 sober1362 unfeastlyc1386 murec1390 unlaughter-milda1400 sadc1400 solemnyc1420 solemned1423 serious1440 solemnc1449 solenc1460 solemnel?1473 moy1487 demure1523 grave1549 staid1557 sage1564 sullen1583 weighty1602 solid1632 censoriousa1637 (as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650 untriumphant1659 setc1660 agelastic1666 austere1667 humourless1671 unlaughing1737 smileless1740 untriflinga1743 untittering1749 steady1759 dun1797 antithalian1818 dreich1819 laughterless1825 unsmiling1826 laughless1827 unfestive1844 sober-sided1847 gleeless1850 unfarcical1850 mome1855 deedy1895 button-down1959 buttoned-down1960 straight-faced1975 1847 C. G. F. Gore Castles in Air x After that sober-sided fellow..filled him with qualms that ruined his digestion. 1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes i. 4 Honoré in mask? he is too sober-sided to do such a thing. 1892 C. M. Yonge That Stick i. 3 His recreations were of the sober-sided sort—the chess club, the institute, the choral society. 1925 Scribner's Mag. Oct. 340/1 Robert E. Lee..was no more sober-sided than the average cadet of good morals and intellect. 1950 Psychiatry Feb. 8/2 A sober-sided, meticulous investigator. 1970 N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon ii. 41 The Apollo news center at Cape Kennedy issued a sobersided ‘status report’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.?1705
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