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som⋅no⋅lent

  [som-nuh-luhnt]
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–adjective
1. sleepy; drowsy.
2. tending to cause sleep.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME sompnolent < OF < L somnolentus, deriv. of somnus sleep; see -ulent

Related forms:
som⋅no⋅lence, som⋅no⋅len⋅cy, noun
som⋅no⋅lent⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. slumberous. 2. somniferous, soporific.
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som·no·lence   (sŏm'nə-ləns)   
n.  A state of drowsiness; sleepiness.
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Somnolence

Som"no*lence\, Somnolency \Som"no*len*cy\, n. [L. somnolentia: cf. F. somnolence.] Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
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somnolence 
c.1386, from O.Fr. sompnolence, from L. somnolentia "sleepiness," from somnolentus, from somnus "sleep," from PIE *swep-no, from base *swep- "sleep" (cf. Skt. svapnah, Avestan kvafna-, Gk. hypnos, Lith. sapnas, O.C.S. sunu, O.Ir. suan, Welsh hun "sleep," L. sopor "a deep sleep," O.E. swefn, O.N. svefn "a dream").
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Main Entry: som·no·lence
Pronunciation: 'säm-n&-l&n(t)s
Function: noun
: the quality or state of being drowsy
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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somnolence som·no·lence (sŏm'nə-ləns)
n.

  1. A state of drowsiness; sleepiness.
  2. A condition of semiconsciousness approaching coma.

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