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- DictionarySom·no·lent/ˈsämnələnt/
adjective
- 1. sleepy; drowsy. Similar sleepydrowsytiredlanguidlanguorousheavy-eyeddozynoddinggroggyhalf asleepasleep on one's feetyawninglethargicsluggishinactiveenervatedtorpidcomatoseinformal:snoozydopeyyawnyliterary:slumberousrare:oscitantslumbersomequietrestfultranquilcalmpeacefulpleasantrelaxingsoothingundisturbeduntroubledisolated
- ▪ causing or suggestive of drowsiness: "a somnolent summer day"
- ▪ abnormally drowsy.
Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘causing sleepiness’): from Old French sompnolent or Latin somnolentus, from somnus ‘sleep’.
Derivatives
- 1. somnolence noun
- 2. somnolency noun
- 3. somnolently adverb
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