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drowsihead

American  
[drau-zee-hed] / ˈdraʊ ziˌhɛd /

noun

Archaic.
  1. drowsiness.


Etymology

Origin of drowsihead

First recorded in 1580–90; drowsy + head


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Now when some two-told hours of time had passed, the Prince shook off his drowsihead and opened his eyes, but of his steed could see nor sign nor aught of visible trace.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

Another word which Spenser made, and which is still sometimes used, was fool-happy; but other words, like idlesse, dreariment, drowsihead, are hardly seen outside his poetry.

From Stories That Words Tell Us by Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman) O'Neill

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