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sobersides|ˈsəʊbəˌsaɪdz|
[f. sober a.]
A sedate, serious-minded person. Also transf.
1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. iv. Wks. 1716 III. 225 And he said—Nay; or, no, no, Sober-sides, no. 1779J. Wedgwood Let. 25 Feb. (1965) 229, I am sorry you have been again out of luck with a horse; but do not despair. I have got a sober sides on trial for a week past. 1824Mactaggart Gallovid. Encycl. 430 Sobersides, a creature of sober habits. 1846Mrs. Gore Engl. Charac. (1852) 85 The mamma naturally takes part with the Sobersides who has so much sympathy with her rheumatism. 1857Dufferin Lett. High Lat. (ed. 3) 221 Innumerable sea-birds sat in the crevices... There was one old sober-sides with whom I passed a good ten minutes tête-à-tête. 1878Spurgeon Serm. XXIV. 252 They say, ‘Oh, you old sobersides, how grave you are!’
Hence ˈsober-sided a.
1847Mrs. Gore Castles in Air x, After that sober-sided fellow..filled him with qualms that ruined his digestion. 1880G. W. Cable Grandissimes i. 4 Honoré in mask? he is too sober-sided to do such a thing. 1892[see choral a.1 2 c]. 1950Psychiatry Feb. 8/2 A sober-sided, meticulous investigator. 1970N. Armstrong et al. First on Moon ii. 41 The Apollo news center at Cape Kenendy issued a sobersided ‘status report’. |