Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soberer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sober-er
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

comparative form of sober: more sober

noun

Something that makes a person sober.

Example Sentences

"I was once very mischievous—I am not so now, age is a sad soberer of frolic fancies […]"
"[…] business, as we know, is the great soberer of theorists, no matter on what side they theorize."
"[…] love is an intoxicant, marriage the most effective of soberers."
"One evening I stayed with him very late to celebrate the birthday of his favorite actress, and for once he was slightly the worse for liquor. […] We drove off together, arranging that I should drop him at his flat and drive on to my house. When we reached Haymarket I suggested that we should stop at one of the all-night chemists and buy him one of the mixtures known as “soberers.”"

Etymology

From sober + -er (comparative suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sober, er

Inflected Forms

soberers (plural)

Questions

What does soberer mean?: comparative form of sober: more sober
Where does soberer come from?: From sober + -er (comparative suffix) or + -er (agent noun suffix).

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