slumberous

[ sluhm-ber-uhs, sluhm-bruhs ]

adjective

1. sleepy; heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids.
2. causing or inducing sleep.
3. pertaining to, characterized by, or suggestive of slumber.
4. inactive or sluggish; calm or quiet.

slumberous

/ -brəs; ˈslʌmbərəs /

adjective

1. sleepy; drowsy
2. inducing sleep
3. characteristic of slumber

Derived Forms

• ˈslumberousness, noun
• ˈslumberously, adverb

Other Words From

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of slumberous¹

First recorded in 1485–95; slumber + -ous

Example Sentences

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

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At nightfall the village and its surrounding meadows soon become slumberous.

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The sun had been shining in their eyes, and the place looked very slumberous in the white hazy glory of a northern day.

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A solemn slumberous reverberation heard at intervals split the dull general roar apart.

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Eustacia's manner was as a rule of a slumberous sort, her passions being of the massive rather than the vivacious kind.

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