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som·no·lent

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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·lence Audio Help (sŏm'nə-ləns) Pronunciation Key
n. A state of drowsiness; sleepiness.

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somnolence

c.1386, from O.Fr. sompnolence, from L. somnolentia "sleepiness," from somnolentus, from somnus "sleep," from PIE *swep-no, from base *swep- "sleep" (cf. Skt. svapnah, Avestan kvafna-, Gk. hypnos, Lith. sapnas, O.C.S. sunu, O.Ir. suan, Welsh hun "sleep," L. sopor "a deep sleep," O.E. swefn, O.N. svefn "a dream").

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somnolence
noun
a very sleepy state; "sleepiness causes many driving accidents" [syn: sleepiness] [ant: sleeplessness]

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somnolence som·no·lence (sŏm'nə-ləns)
n.

A state of drowsiness; sleepiness.
A condition of semiconsciousness approaching coma.

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Main Entry: som·no·lence
Pronunciation: 'säm-n&-l&n(t)s
Function: noun
: the quality or state of being drowsy

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Somnolence

Som"no*lence\, Somnolency \Som"no*len*cy\, n. [L. somnolentia: cf. F. somnolence.] Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.

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