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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Sŏm'broŭs, a. p. 1258Gloomy; somber. Stephens.Sŏm'broŭs-ly, adv. p. 1258In a somber manner; gloomily; somberly.Sŏm'broŭs-ness, n. p. 1258The state of being sombrous.Sȯme p. 1258A termination of certain adjectives, as in handsome, mettlesome, blithesome, fulsome, lonesome, gladsome, gamesome. In these words, some has primarily the sense of like or same, and, in usage, it…Sȯme, a. p. 1258Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity or number, which is not stated; — used to express an indefinite quantity; as, some wine; some water; some persons; — used also…Sȯme'bod-y, n. p. 1258A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate. Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me. Luke viii. 46. We must draw in somebody that may stand ’Twixt us and danger. Denham. 2. A person of…Sȯme'dēal, adv. p. 1258In some degree. [Obs.] Thou lackest somedeal their delight. Spenser.Sȯme'how, adv. p. 1258In one way or another; in some way not yet known; as, the thing must be done somehow.Sȯm'er-sault or Sȯm'er-sĕt, n. p. 1258A leap in which a person turns with his heels over his head, and lights upon his feet.Sȯme'thing, n. p. 1258Any thing unknown or undetermined; an indeterminate or unknown event. There is something in the wind. Shak. 2. A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little. Something…Sȯme'thing, adv. p. 1258In some degree; somewhat. “Something too much of this.” Byron. We have something fairer play than a reasoner could have expected formerly. Burke. My old dame Joan is something dunny, and will scarce…Sȯme'tīme, adv. p. 1258At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly. “Robert Scott, M. A., Prebendary of Exeter, sometime student of Christ-church, and late fellow of Baliol College.” Liddell & Scott's Gr.…Sôme'time, a. p. 1258Having been formerly; former. “Our sometime sister, now our queen.” Shak. Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized As a stray gift, by bounteous Heaven dismissed. Talfourd.Sōme'times, adv. p. 1258At times; at intervals; not always; now and then. It is good that we be sometimes contradicted. Taylor. 2. At one time;—opposed to another time.Sōme'what, n. p. 1258More or less; a certain quantity or degree, indeterminate; a part, more or less; something. These salts have somewhat of a nitrous taste. Grew. Somewhat of his good sense will suffer in this…Sōme'what, adv. p. 1258In some degree or quantity. See SOME. His giantship is gone, somewhat crestfallen. Milton.Sôme'whêre, adv. p. 1258In some place unknown or not specified; in one place or another. “Somewhere nigh at hand.” Milton. By the vulgar often corrupted into somewheres.Sōme'while, adv. p. 1258Once; for a time. [Obs.]Sōme'whith-er, adv. p. 1258To some indeterminate place; to some place. “Driven by the winds of temptation somewhither.” Burrow.Sommeil, n. p. 1258Slumber; sleep. 2. (Mus.) An air of the old serious operas of the French;—so called because these airs were calculated to tranquilize the feelings, and lull, even to drowsiness. Moore.Sôm'mer-sêt, n. p. 1258See SOMERSAULT.Som-năm'bu-lā'tion, n. p. 1258The act of walking in sleep.Som-năm’bu-lā’tor, n. p. 1258A somnambulist.Som-năm'bu-lie, a. p. 1258Walking in sleep; pertaining to somnambulism; somnambulistic.Som-năm'bu-lĭsm, n. p. 1258A condition of the nervous system in which an individual during sleep performs actions appropriate to the waking state; a state of sleep in which some of the senses and voluntary powers are partially…Som-năm'bu-list, n. p. 1258A person who walks in his sleep; a sleep-walker.Som-năm'bu-līst'ic, a. p. 1258Of, or pertaining to, a somnambulist, or to somnambulism; affected by somnambulism; appropriate to the state of a somnambulist. Whether this was an intentional and waking departure, or a…Sôm'ner, n. p. 1258A summoner. [Obs.]Sŏm'ni-al, a. p. 1258Pertaining to, or involving, sleep. “The somnial magic superinduced on, without suspending, the active powers of the mind.” Coleridge.Sŏm'ni-a-tive, a. p. 1258Of, pertaining to, or causing, dreams. [Rare.]Som-nic'u-lous, a. p. 1258Inclined to sleep; drowsy; sleepy. [Obs.]Som-nif'er-oüs, a. p. 1258Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; as, a somniferous potion. Walton.Som-nif'ic, a. p. 1258Causing sleep; tending to induce sleep.Som-nif'ū-gōus, a. p. 1258Driving away sleep; preventing sleep. [Obs.]Som-nĭl'o-quence, n. p. 1258The act of talking in sleep.Som-nil'o-quism, n. p. 1258The act or habit of talking in sleep; somniloquy. [Rare.] Coleridge.Som-nil'o-quist, n. p. 1258One who talks in his sleep.Som-nil'o-quoûs, a. p. 1258Apt to talk in sleep.Som-nĭl'o-quy, n. p. 1258A talking or speaking in sleep; the talking of one in a state of somnipathy. [Rare.] Coleridge.Som-nĭp'a-thĭst, n. p. 1258A person in a state of somnipathy.Som-nĭp'a-thy, n. p. 1258Sleep from sympathy, or by the process of mesmerism. [Written also somnopathy.]Sŏm’no-lence or Sŏm’no-len-cy, n. p. 1258Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep. 2. (Med.) A state intermediate between sleeping and waking. Dunglison.Sŏm’no-lent, a. p. 1258Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep. He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a somnolent want of interest in them. De Quincey.Sŏm'no-lent-ly, adv. p. 1259In a somnolent manner; drowsily.Som-nŏp'a-thy, n. p. 1259The same as SOMNIPATHY.Sŏm’nour or Sŏmp’nour, n. p. 1259An apparitor or summoner, especially of an ecclesiastical court. [Obs.] Chaucer:Sŏn, n. p. 1259A male child; the male issue of a parent, father or mother. 2. A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general. I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of…Sō'nançe, n. p. 1259Sound. [Obs.]Sō'nant, a. p. 1259Pertaining to sound; sounding. 2. (Pron.) Uttered with intonated or resonant breath: made with sound, instead of breath alone; intonated; vocal; not surd;—said of certain articulations of alphabetic…So-nă'tă, n. p. 1259(Mus.) An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas for the piano, for the violin and piano, &c. ☞ The sonata, in the…Sŏn'cy, a. p. 1259Lucky; fortunate; thriving. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Sŏng, n. p. 1259That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of the human voice or that of a bird. 2. A short poem to be sung or uttered with musical modulations; a ballad. 3. A lay…Sŏng'-craft, n. p. 1259The art of making songs or verses. A half-effaced inscription, Written with little skill of song-craft. LongfellowSŏng'ful, a. p. 1259Disposed to sing; full of song; melodious.Sŏng'ish, a. p. 1259Consisting of songs. [Obs.] Dryden.Sŏng'less, a. p. 1259Destitute of the power of song; without song; as, songless birds.Sŏng'ster, n. p. 1259One who sings; one skilled in singing;—not often applied to human beings, or only in slight contempt. 2. A bird that sings; as, the little songster in his cage.Sŏng'stress, n. p. 1259A female singer. ☞ The termination ster was originally applied to denote the female agent in an action, so that songster signified, at first, a female who sings; but the ending ster having at length…So-nĭf'er-ōŭs, a. p. 1259Sounding; producing sound.Sŏn'-in-lâw, n. p. 1259A man married to one's daughter.