† solemneladj.
Obsolete.
Solemn.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [adjective]
solemna1340
ceremonial138.
solemnyc1420
solemned1423
solenc1460
solemnel?1473
solemnly1482
ceremonious1555
ritual1570
rituous1604
ceremonicala1627
liturgical1641
liturgic1656
Levitical1670
hierurgical1725
sacral1882
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
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > ceremony or formality > [adjective] > full of or accompanied by ceremony or formality
solemnc1369
solemned1423
solenc1460
solemnel?1473
formal1596
set1606
ceremoniousa1616
circumstantial1710
full dress1776
?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 212v Hercules..went to..Salamanque, and..He wold make there a solempnell estudye.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xv. 60 An assemble..of metes and of wynes for to kepe a solempnelle feste.
1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. C The king her father kept her with solemnell keping inclosed.
1600 in Catholic Tractates (S.T.S.) 222 I dout not bot your Maiestie sal accomplis this solemnel promesse.
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. Solemnell, dat alle jaer op een sekeren tijdt ghevyert ofte gecelebreert wordt.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.?1473