dormient
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of dormient
1635–45; < Latin dormient- (stem of dormiēns, present participle of dormīre ), equivalent to dormi- sleep + -ent- -ent
Example Sentences
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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?
From The Professor at the Breakfast-Table by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
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