dormient

[dawr-mee-uhnt]

adjective

1. sleeping; dormant.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dormient¹

1635–45; < Latin dormient- (stem of dormiēns, present participle of dormīre ), equivalent to dormi- sleep + -ent- -ent

Example Sentences

Is there a De Sauty, ambulant on Tellus, Bifid-cleft like mortals, dormient in night-cap, Having sight, smell, hearing, food-receiving feature Three times daily patent?

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