SOMBRE
ADJECTIVES
1384 — MELANCHOLIOUS sombre, melancholy
1488 — DERN dark, sombre, solitary, wild, drear → arch.
1607 — EBON sombre, black, dark; of the colour of ebony → obs.
1807 — DINNED sombre, dun-coloured → Eng. dial.
1819 — DINNY sombre, dun-coloured → Eng. dial.
1881 — EBONINE sombre, dark
1952 — DOWNBEAT sombre, morose, depressing, gloomy, subdued, pessimistic → sl., orig. US