Sobrious
/ˈsəʊ.bri.əs/noun
Sober, temperate, or not intoxicated; an archaic or rare form of “sober.”
Did you know?“Sobrious” is an obsolete English form related to “sober,” whose ultimate Latin source, sobrius, meant abstaining from drink or remaining clear-headed.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
sobrius
“Sober, temperate, or abstinent from wine”
Late Latin
Latin
sobrius
“Free from intoxication; self-controlled”
Middle English
English
sobre
“Sober, serious, or moderate”
16th Century
English
sobrious
“Sober or temperate”
17th–19th Century
English
sobrious
“Sober; now chiefly obsolete or rare”
Modern English
English
sobrious
“An archaic or rare synonym of sober”