slumberous

[ sluhm-ber-uhs, sluhm-bruhs ]
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adjective
  1. sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.

  2. causing or inducing sleep.

  1. pertaining to, characterized by, or suggestive of slumber.

  2. inactive or sluggish; calm or quiet.

Origin of slumberous

1
First recorded in 1485–95; slumber + -ous
  • Also slum·brous [sluhm-bruhs] /ˈslʌm brəs/ .

Other words from slumberous

  • slum·ber·ous·ly, adverb
  • slum·ber·ous·ness, noun
  • un·slum·brous, adjective

Words Nearby slumberous

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How to use slumberous in a sentence

  • There is a slumberous Southern fire in the Mexican girls' eyes and love.

    Mexico | Charles Reginald Enock
  • At nightfall the village and its surrounding meadows soon become slumberous.

    The Cornwall Coast | Arthur L. Salmon
  • The sun had been shining in their eyes, and the place looked very slumberous in the white hazy glory of a northern day.

    Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
  • A solemn slumberous reverberation heard at intervals split the dull general roar apart.

    Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett
  • Eustacia's manner was as a rule of a slumberous sort, her passions being of the massive rather than the vivacious kind.

    Return of the Native | Thomas Hardy

British Dictionary definitions for slumberous

slumberous

/ (ˈslʌmbərəs, -brəs) /


adjectivemainly poetic
  1. sleepy; drowsy

  2. inducing sleep

  1. characteristic of slumber

Derived forms of slumberous

  • slumberously, adverb
  • slumberousness, noun

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