somnolent
[som-nuh-luhnt]
- sleepy; drowsy.
- tending to cause sleep.
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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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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.
The Voyage of the AuroraHarry Collingwood
Alnwick is a town with a great past and a somnolent present.
The Great North Road: York to EdinburghCharles G. Harper
The convicts gorged him with food, and he had become fat and somnolent.
After the DivorceGrazia Deledda
For John Endlich it was all like the echo of a somnolent summer of his boyhood.
Asteroid of FearRaymond Zinke Gallun
The electorate was somnolent and permitted the politician to have his way.
The Boss and the MachineSamuel P. Orth
somnolent
- drowsy; sleepy
- causing drowsiness
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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.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
somnolent
(sŏm′nə-lənt)- Drowsy; sleepy.
- Inducing or tending to induce sleep; soporific.
- In a condition of incomplete sleep; semicomatose.
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