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   Slum·ber

   /ˈsləmbər/

   

   verb

   • 1. sleep: "Sleeping Beauty slumbered in her forest castle"

   noun

   • 1. a sleep: "scaring folk from their slumbers"

   Word Origin Middle English: alteration of Scots and northern English sloom, in the same sense. The -b- was added for ease of pronunciation.

   Derivatives

   • 1. slumberer noun
   • 2. slumbrous adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   • L

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   • U

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   • M

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   • B

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   • E

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   • R

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