unsober

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He laments, like Heraclitus, the maudlin philosopher, at other men's mirth, and takes pleasure in nothing but his own unsober sadness.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

The questions mooted he referred to a mere monkish jealousy—an unsober gust of passion which would soon blow over.

From Luther and the Reformation: The Life-Springs of Our Liberties by Seiss, Joseph A.

Of his eccentricities while labouring under the delusion that he could not well be a genius without being unsober and wild, one specimen may suffice.

From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur

Oh keep me from these unsober, distempered, mad, unruly thoughts! 

From Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents by Whyte, Alexander

We must do all we have to do, while the nation is feasting and unsober.

From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage