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Word: somber (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1880
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...infinitum. It will also be noticed that one set of rhymes will frequently answer for several heroines; for instance, Dora, Cora, Flora, Leonora, and others. In addition to these tables, long lists of adjectives are furnished, - usually of a dyspeptic, graveyard-like sort, such as despairful, deathly, chillying, somber-seeming, and the like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DE ARTE POETICA. | 10/15/1880 | See Source »

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