Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: sobbing – sofa
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sobbing, verbal n. [see sob, v.]
Lament; weeping; crying; bawling; mourning.
sober (-er), adj. [OFr < L. opposite of ebrius, drunk.]
- Somber; [fig.] not hypothetical; less speculative.
- Serious; weighty; important; significant; meaningful.
- Plain; simple; moderate; conservative; modest.
soberly, adv. [see sober, adj.]
Staidly; gravely; steadily; calmly; quietly; [fig.] less exhilarated; with diminished elation; in a non-intoxicated manner.
sobriety, n. [Fr.; see sober, adj.]
Austerity; calmness; moderation; modesty.
socially, adv. [Fr. < L. 'friend, companion, associate'.]
Among others; by class; on a social scale.
society, n. [OFr < L. 'companion'.]
- Community; order; organization; [fig.] expanse; infinity.
- Fellowship; visiting; social relations; meeting with callers; interaction with other people.
- Company; association; shared existence.
- Companionship; communion; friendship; acceptance.
- Phrase. “selects her own Society”: decides on the visitors that she wants to have; [possibly reflexive] assigns only herself as company; appoints her solitary self to be her only companionship; [fig.] dies; passes away.
socket (-s), n. [AFr < soc, ploughshare.]
- Tube; fixture.
- Alveolus; container; candle holder; hollow place which holds something; [fig.] heart; center of emotion.
sod, n. [Middle Dutch; possibly 'turf used as fuel'.]
- Lawn; grassy area; [fig.] graveyard; cemetery plot.
- Dirt; soil; humus; [metonymy] planting bed.
- Ground; field; meadow; farm; wide open space.
- Earth; [fig.] ignorance; unknown.
- Crust; terra firma; [fig.] brain; mind.
- Phrase. “Sod Gown”: farmland; brown landscape; [kenning] western horizon.
soe'er (soever), adv. [see so, adv. and ever, adv.]
- Whatsoever; wherever; however; no matter what.
- Notwithstanding; even if; no matter if.
sofa, n. [Fr.]
Couch; padded bench; narrow bed; piece of furniture raised off the ground upon which one may sit.