Definition of Sombrer

1. sombre [adj] - See also: sombre

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sombrer

somatrophs
somatropin
somber
sombered
somberer
somberest
sombering
somberly
somberness
sombernesses
sombers
sombre
sombred
sombrely
sombreness
sombrer (current term)
sombrero
sombreros
sombres
sombrest
sombring
sombrous
somdel
somdomites
some
some(a)
some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you
some more
some mothers do have them

Literary usage of Sombrer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language: Crowned by the French Academy by Auguste Brachet (1882)
"For loss of medial b sec § 113; for u = o see § 97, whence so- ombrer, whence afterwards sombrer. Sommaire, sm. a summary ; from L. sum- mar ium (so used in ..."

2. Much Darker Days by Andrew Lang (1884)
"Heaven knows it is a sombre one, and it goes on getting sombrer and sombrer! But probably, by this time, you have either tossed the work away or looked at ..."

3. Voprosy regulirovanii͡a knigoobmena mezhdu bibliotekami i nauchnymi by Thomas Landau, William Myson, Raymond Knox Olding, France Commission de la République française pour l' education, la science et la culture, T͡S entralʹnyĭ sibirskiĭ botanicheskiĭ sad, Vladimir Fedorovich Alʹtergot, Ole Ho (1890)
"... on a toutes les précautions à prendre : on ne saurait trop faire navire et clore les flancs, pouv traverser, sans sombrer, les détroits funestes. ..."

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