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English
Etymology
Blend of solemn + melancholy.[1]
Adjective
solemncholy (comparative more solemncholy, superlative most solemncholy)
- (nonstandard, dialect or humorous) solemn; serious
- Synonyms: grave, staid; see also Thesaurus: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. […]
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.
References
- ^ Olga Kornienko, Grinin L, Ilyin I, Herrmann P, Korotayev A (2016) “Social and Economic Background of Blending”, in Globalistics and Globalization Studies: Global Transformations and Global Future, Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225