somnolent

[som-nuh-luh nt]

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adjective

sleepy; drowsy.
tending to cause sleep.

Origin of somnolent

1425–75; late Middle English sompnolent < Old French < Latin somnolentus, derivative of somnus sleep; see -ulent

Related formssom·no·lence, som·no·len·cy, nounsom·no·lent·ly, adverbhy·per·som·no·lence, nounhy·per·som·no·lent, adjectivehy·per·som·no·lent·ly, adverbsem·i·som·no·lence, nounsem·i·som·no·lent, adjectivesem·i·som·no·lent·ly, adverbun·som·no·lent, adjectiveun·som·no·lent·ly, adverb

Synonyms

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1. slumberous. 2. somniferous, soporific.

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Examples from the Web for somnolent

Contemporary Examples

Swinton avoids wheat because of its somnolent effects on her: “I was sort of falling asleep for the filming,” she says.
Hollywood's Exquisite Alien
Amanda Fortini
April 30, 2009

Historical Examples

As for the man on the lookout, he was notorious for his somnolent powers.
The Voyage of the Aurora
Harry Collingwood
Alnwick is a town with a great past and a somnolent present.
The Great North Road: York to Edinburgh
Charles G. Harper
The convicts gorged him with food, and he had become fat and somnolent.
After the Divorce
Grazia Deledda
For John Endlich it was all like the echo of a somnolent summer of his boyhood.
Asteroid of Fear
Raymond Zinke Gallun
The electorate was somnolent and permitted the politician to have his way.
The Boss and the Machine
Samuel P. Orth

British Dictionary definitions for somnolent

somnolent

adjective

drowsy; sleepy
causing drowsiness

Derived Formssomnolence or somnolency, nounsomnolently, adverb

Word Origin

C15: from Latin somnus sleep

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Word Origin and History for somnolent

adj.

mid-15c., sompnolent, from Old French sompnolent (Modern French somnolent) or directly from Latin somnolentus "sleepy, drowsy," from somnus "sleep" (see Somnus). Respelled 17c. on Latin model.

somnolent in Medicine

somnolent

(sŏm′nə-lənt)

adj.

Drowsy; sleepy.
Inducing or tending to induce sleep; soporific.
In a condition of incomplete sleep; semicomatose.

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Synonyms

Examples from the Web for somnolent

Contemporary Examples

Swinton avoids wheat because of its somnolent effects on her: “I was sort of falling asleep for the filming,” she says.

Historical Examples

As for the man on the lookout, he was notorious for his somnolent powers.

Alnwick is a town with a great past and a somnolent present.

The convicts gorged him with food, and he had become fat and somnolent.

For John Endlich it was all like the echo of a somnolent summer of his boyhood.

The electorate was somnolent and permitted the politician to have his way.

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Word Origin

Word Origin and History for somnolent

adj.

somnolent

Origin of somnolent