About The Word Somnolent
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Somnolent
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What's The Definition Of Somnolent?
[adj] inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had a a somnolent effect"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Somnolent: asleep(p) | slumberous | slumbery | slumbrous Related Terms | Find terms related to Somnolent: See Also | Somnolent In Webster's Dictionary \Som"no*lent\, a. [F. somnolent, L. somnolentus, from
somnus sleep, akin to Gr. ?, Skr. svapna sleep, dream, svap
to sleep, Icel. sofa, AS. swefn sleep. Cf. {Hypnotic},
{Somnambulism}, {Soporific}.]
Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep. -- {Som"no*lent*ly}, adv.
He had no eye for such phenomens, because he had a
somnolent want of interest in them. --De Quincey.
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