Hypertext Webster Gateway: "somnolent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Somnolent \Som"no*lent\, a. [F. somnolent, L. somnolentus, from
somnus sleep, akin to Gr. ?, Skr. svapna sleep, dream, svap
to sleep, Icel. sofa, AS. swefn sleep. Cf. {Hypnotic},
{Somnambulism}, {Soporific}.]
Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep. -- {Som"no*lent*ly}, adv.
He had no eye for such phenomens, because he had a
somnolent want of interest in them. --De Quincey.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
somnolent
adj : inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or
slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound
had a a somnolent effect" [syn: {slumberous}, {slumbery},
{slumbrous}]
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