somber

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑmbɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒmbə/

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somber (comparative somberer, superlative somberest)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of sombre.
   • 2002, Dirk Wittenborn, Fierce People:

     My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus.

   • 2019 October 1, Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie, E. Knight, Sophie Perinot, Heather Webb, Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution's Women‎^[1], HarperCollins, →ISBN:

     Though I wore only a plain somber gray Brunswick gown unadorned by ribbon or lace, and my uncle was dressed in black, the people knew aristocrats on sight.

somber (third-person singular simple present sombers, present participle sombering, simple past and past participle sombered)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of sombre.

• “somber”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “somber”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

• Bomers, bromes, ombres, sombre

16th century. From Middle French sombre.

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somber (comparative somberder, superlative somberst)

1. somber (US), sombre (Commonwealth)

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “somber”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute