somnolent

 
Pronunciation: /ˈsɒmnəl(ə)nt/

adjective

  • sleepy; drowsy.
  • causing or suggestive of drowsiness: a somnolent summer day

Derivatives

somnolence

noun

somnolency

noun

somnolently

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'causing sleepiness'): from Old French sompnolent or Latin somnolentus, from somnus 'sleep'

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