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Somnolent

Somnolent Meaning & Definition
Somnolent Definition And Meaning

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

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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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