drowsiness'
zi adjective, drow·si·er, drow·si·est.
1.
half-asleep; sleepy.
2.
marked by or resulting from sleepiness.
3.
dull; sluggish.
4.
inducing lethargy or sleepiness: drowsy spring weather.
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| —adj , drowsier, drowsiest | |
| 1. | heavy with sleepiness; sleepy |
| 2. | inducing sleep; soporific |
| 3. | sluggish or lethargic; dull |
| 'drowsily | |
| —adv | |
| 'drowsiness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
drowsy
1520s, from O.E. drusan, drusian "sink," also "become low, slow, or inactive" (related to dreosan "to fall"), from P.Gmc. *drus- (see dreary).
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