See Also: sombre(dictionary)
sombre(dictionary)

ebonite (iou) and sombre (oh)


ebonite (iou)



ebonite noun. M19.
[from EBONY + -ITE1.]
= VULCANITE 2.

sombre (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: sombre, probably from Latin sub 'under' + umbra 'shade, shadow']
sad and serious
-synonym grave grave
::They sat in sombre silence.
::We were all in a somber mood that night.
::a sombre expression
::on the sombre occasion of his mother's funeral
dark and without any bright colours
::a sombre grey suit
-- sombrely adv
-- sombreness n [U]