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solemn
English
Etymology
From Middle English solempne, solemne (“performed with religious ceremony or reverence; devoted to religious observances, sacred; ceremonious, formal; of a vow: made under a religious sanction, binding; religious celebration, celebration of a feast day; famous, well-known; important; grand, imposing; awe-inspiring, impressive; grave, serious; dignified; enunciated or held formally”) [and other forms], from Old French solempne, solemne (“serious, solemn”) [and other forms], or from its etymon Late Latin s?lempnis, s?lennis, from Latin s?lemnis, from sollemnis (“appointed, established, fixed; common, customary, ordinary, ritual, traditional, usual; ceremonial, religious, solemn; festive; annual, yearly”) [and other forms]. The further etymology is uncertain; sollus (“entire, whole”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh?- (“whole”)) + epulum (“banquet, feast”) (in the sense of a ritual; perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?ed- (“to eat”)) has been suggested.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?l?m/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?l?m/
- Hyphenation: sol?emn
Adjective
solemn (comparative solemner or more solemn, superlative solemnest or most solemn)
- (religion, specifically Christianity) Of or pertaining to religious ceremonies and rites; (generally) religious in nature; sacred.
- (by extension)
- Characterized by or performed with appropriate or great ceremony or formality.
- Deeply serious and sombre; grave.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:serious
- Antonyms: lighthearted, unserious
- Inspiring serious feelings or thoughts; sombrely impressive.
- Synonym: awe-inspiring
- (obsolete) Cheerless, gloomy, sombre.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cheerless
- Antonyms: cheerful; see also Thesaurus:blissful
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- solemnity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- solemn (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Lemnos, Melson, Selmon, Smolen, lemons, losmen, melons, nmoles
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sollemnis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /so?lemn/
Adjective
solemn m or n (feminine singular solemn?, masculine plural solemni, feminine and neuter plural solemne)
- solemn, grave, serious
- impressive, exalted
- festive, celebratory
Declension
Synonyms
- (grave): grav, serios
- (festive): festiv, s?rb?toresc
Related terms
- solemnitate
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fixed
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?kst/
- Rhymes: -?kst
Verb
fixed
- simple past tense and past participle of fix
Adjective
fixed (comparative more fixed, superlative most fixed)
- Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.
- fixed assets
- I work fixed hours for a fixed salary.
- Every religion has its own fixed ideas.
- He looked at me with a fixed glare.
- Stationary.
- Attached; affixed.
- Chemically stable.
- Supplied with what one needs.
- She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.
- (law) Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.
- In the United States, recordings are only granted copyright protection when the sounds in the recording were fixed and first published on or after February 15, 1972.
- (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).
- a fixed tomcat; the she-cat has been fixed
- Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
- (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
- Repaired
Synonyms
- (not able to be changed, staying the same): stable, immobile
Antonyms
- (not able to be changed, staying the same): mobile
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- broken
- crooked
- bribe
Anagrams
- defix
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