somnolent

[ som-nuh-luhnt ]
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adjective
  1. sleepy; drowsy.

  2. tending to cause sleep.

Origin of somnolent

1
1425–75; late Middle English sompnolent<Old French <Latin somnolentus, derivative of somnus sleep; see -ulent

Other words for somnolent

Other words from somnolent

  • som·no·lence, som·no·len·cy, noun
  • som·no·lent·ly, adverb
  • hy·per·som·no·lence, noun
  • hy·per·som·no·lent, adjective
  • hy·per·som·no·lent·ly, adverb
  • sem·i·som·no·lence, noun
  • sem·i·som·no·lent, adjective
  • sem·i·som·no·lent·ly, adverb
  • un·som·no·lent, adjective
  • un·som·no·lent·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for somnolent

somnolent

/ (ˈsɒmnələnt) /


adjective
  1. drowsy; sleepy

  2. causing drowsiness

Origin of somnolent

1
C15: from Latin somnus sleep

Derived forms of somnolent

  • somnolence or somnolency, noun
  • somnolently, adverb

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