solemncholy

An ounce of smiles will give you more real life than seven tons of solemncholy.

Supreme Personality Delmer Eugene Croft

"What the deuce makes you so solemncholy?" said Tough.

The Varmint Owen Johnson 1915

Pete an 'me, we' low ter have eve'ything quiet an 'solemncholy -- an' pay all due respects -- right an 'left.

Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches Ruth McEnery Stuart 1886

"Oh, I dunno, sir -- only -- Well, if you don't mind my sayin 'of it, sir, whenever you gets to unlocking of that draw and lookin' at them things you keep in there -- wotever they is -- you always gets a sort of solemncholy look in the eyes; and you gets white about the gills, and your lips has a pucker to 'em that I don't like to see."

Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces Thomas W. Hanshew 1885

"Come, none o 'your solemncholy poetry to-day," said Jack Winch.

The Drummer Boy 1871

Victims of the boo-hoos (1830s) or the dolefuls (1820s), if they were not wholly picklepussed, could brighten their own nights by sharing such sprightly blends as solemncholy

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 1 1980

"He was about to give up his church, and so delivered a farewell address thus: 'My dear bretherin-ah and sisterin-ah, I am about to leave you-ah, and I feel solemncholy-ah, I can tell you-ah.

The Kentucky Ranger Edward T. Curnick

"As we are all so solemncholy, I'll propose a toast:

Peggy-Alone Mary Agnes Byrne