sobresaultt

An obsolete form of somersault. sobretet, n. A Middle English form of sobriety. sobriety (sō-bri'e-ti), n. [ Sp. sobriedad = Pg. Pg . sobriedade = It. so brietà , L. sobrieta (t-)s, moderation, temperance, sobrius , moderate, temperate: see so ber .) The state, habit, or character of being sober. Especially-(a) Temperance or moderation in the use of strong drink. The English in their long wars in the Netherlands first learned to drown themselves with immoderate drinking. Of all the northern nations, they had been before this most commended for their sobriety . Camden , Elizabeth, iii. (b) Moderation in general conduct or character; avoidance of exce or extremes. wordes. The thridde stape of sobreté is zette and loki mesure ine Ayenbite of Inwyt (E. E. T. S.), p. 254. That women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedne and sobriety ; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array. 1 Tim. ii. 9. We admire the sobriety and elegance of the architectural acce ories. C. C. Perkins, Italian Sculpture, p. 36. (c) Reasonablene ; sanene ; soundne : as, sobriety of judgment. Our English sobriety , and unwillingne , if I may use the phrase, to make fools of ourselves, has checked our philosophical ambition. Leslie Stephen , Eng. Thought, i. § 60. (d) Modest or quiet demeanor; composure; sedatene ; dignity; gravity; staidne . In the other's silence do I see Maid's mild behaviour and sobriety . Shak., T. of the S., i. 1. 71. Though he generally did his best to preserve the gravity and sobriety befitting a prelate, some flashes of his military spirit would, to the last, occasionally break forth. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., vi. =Syn. (a) and (b) Abstinence , Temperance , etc. See ab stem i ous ne .-(c) and (d) Soberne , moderation, moderatene , regularity, steadine , quietne . sobriquet (sō-brē-kā'), n. [Also soubriquet; "Amen" was not the real name of the mi ionary; but it was a sobriquet bestowed by the soldiers, on account of the unction with which this particular word was ordinarily pronounced. Cooper , Oak Openings, xi.