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Somer vs Somber - What's the difference?

somer | somber |

As a noun somer

is (obsolete|or|eye dialect) summer.

As an adjective somber is

dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.

As a verb somber is

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somer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete, or, eye dialect) Summer.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1853, author=Various, title=Notes and Queries, Number 182, April 23, 1853, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=To the examples alleged by Richardson, in his Dictionary'', add the following: "I se it by ensaunple In somer tyme on trowes; Ther some bowes ben leved, And some bereth none, There is a meschief in the ''more Of swiche manere bowes." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1895, author=John Knox, title=The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6), chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=In Scotland, that somer , was nothing but myrth; for all yead[515] with the preastis eavin at thare awin pleasur. }}

    Anagrams

    * English eye dialect ----

    somber

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (Commonwealth English) sombre

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2002 , author=Dirk Wittenborn , title=Fierce People , passage=My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus .}}
  • Dark, lacking color or brightness.

    • Synonyms

    * melancholy, unhappy, sad

    Verb

    (en verb)

    • References

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