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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·lent   (sŏm'nə-lənt)   
adj.  
  1. Drowsy; sleepy.
  2. Inducing or tending to induce sleep; soporific.

[Middle English sompnolent, from Old French, from Latin somnolentus : somnus, sleep; see swep- in Indo-European roots + -olentus, abounding in.]
som'no·lent·ly adv.
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Somnolent

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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Language Translation for : somnolent
Spanish: somnoliento,
German: schlaftrunken,
Japanese: 眠い
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Main Entry: som·no·lent
Pronunciation: -l&nt
Function: adjective
: inclined to or heavy with sleep : DROWSY
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somnolent som·no·lent (sŏm'nə-lənt)
adj.

  1. Drowsy; sleepy.
  2. Inducing or tending to induce sleep; soporific.
  3. In a condition of incomplete sleep; semicomatose.

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