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    sobersides
    /ˈsəʊbəsʌɪdz/

    noun

    • 1. a sedate and serious person. informal North American

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  2. Sobersides definition: a humorless or habitually serious person.. See examples of SOBERSIDES used in a sentence.

  3. noun. (functioning as singular) a solemn and sedate person. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. sobersided (ˈsoberˌsided) adjective. sobersides in American English. (ˈsoʊbərˌsaɪdz ) noun Word forms: plural ˈsoberˌsides. a sedate, serious-minded person. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

  4. Define sobersides. sobersides synonyms, sobersides pronunciation, sobersides translation, English dictionary definition of sobersides. pl.n. A sobersided person. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

  5. a serious and sedate individual.

  6. OED's earliest evidence for sobersides is from around 1705, in the writing of Edmund Hickeringill, Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist. sobersides is formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sober adj., side n.1. See etymology.

  7. SOBERSIDED definition: solemn or grave in disposition , attitude, character, etc.; serious-minded | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.