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slumberous

American  
[sluhm-ber-uhs, sluhm-bruhs] / ˈslʌm bər əs, ˈslʌm brəs /
Also slumbrous

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 British  
/ ˈslʌmbərəs, -brəs /

adjective

  1. sleepy; drowsy

  2. inducing sleep

  3. characteristic of slumber

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of slumberous

First recorded in 1485–95; slumber + -ous


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But even as the city was modernized, Stalingrad's color and flavor still derived from the life teeming on the many-storied landing stages of the broad, slumberous Volga.

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After a slumberous afternoon in which the gallery attendants glared at dozers,* the bill came to passage.

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The warmth of September held through that November, brooding, slumberous, quiet in the sunshine that warmed like wine.

From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Marion Ames Taggart

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