solemncholy

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English

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Etymology

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Blend of solemn +‎ melancholy.[1]

Adjective

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solemncholy (comparative more solemncholy, superlative most solemncholy)

  1. (nonstandard, dialect or humorous) solemn; 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

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  1. ^ 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[1], Volgograd: Uchitel Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 220–225