Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SO'BER-NESS
SO-BER-MIND-ED-NESSSO-BRI'E-TY
SO'BER-NESS, n.
- Freedom from intoxication; temperance.
- Gravity; seriousness.
- Freedom from heat and passion; calmness; coolness. The soberness of Virgil might have shown him the difference. – Dryden.
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