Definitions for: Somnolent

[adj] inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had a a somnolent effect"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: asleep(p), slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous

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