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somnolent

[ som-nuh-luhnt ]

adjective

  1. sleepy; drowsy.

    Synonyms: slumberous

  2. tending to cause sleep.

    Synonyms: soporific, somniferous



somnolent

/ ˈsɒmnələnt /

adjective

  1. drowsy; sleepy
  2. causing drowsiness
“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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Derived Forms

  • ˈsomnolently, adverb
  • ˈsomnolence, noun
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Other Words From

  • somno·lence somno·len·cy noun
  • somno·lent·ly adverb
  • hyper·somno·lence noun
  • hyper·somno·lent adjective
  • hyper·somno·lent·ly adverb
  • semi·somno·lence noun
  • semi·somno·lent adjective
  • semi·somno·lent·ly adverb
  • un·somno·lent adjective
  • un·somno·lent·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of somnolent1

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

Origin of somnolent1

C15: from Latin somnus sleep
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Example Sentences

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

Another personality looked out from the deep-set, somnolent, gray eyes; a personality resolute, forceful and quietly alert.

With the coming of midwinter a somnolent period seemed also to occur in Hollister's affairs.

As though somnolent, they did not stir unless excited by my teasing them with a bit of straw.

Down from the castle walls slopes the town, its happy, unprogressive people as somnolent as of yore.

Clym stepped before her into the passage, and Eustacia waited, her somnolent manner covering her inner heat and agitation.

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