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somnolent
[ som-nuh-luhnt ]
/ ˈsɒm nə lənt /
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adjective
sleepy; drowsy.
tending to cause sleep.
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OTHER WORDS FOR somnolent
1 slumberous.
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Origin of somnolent
1425–75; late Middle English sompnolent<Old French <Latin somnolentus, derivative of somnus sleep; see -ulent
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somni-, somnifacient, somniferous, somnific, somniloquy, somnolent, Somnus, somoni, Somoza, Somoza Debayle, so much
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British Dictionary definitions for somnolent
somnolent
/ (ˈsɒmnələnt) /
adjective
drowsy; sleepy
causing drowsiness
Derived forms of somnolent
somnolence or somnolency, nounsomnolently, adverbWord Origin for somnolent
C15: from Latin somnus sleep
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