SLUMBER


Meaning of SLUMBER in English

literary

■ verb sleep.

■ noun a sleep.

Derivatives

~er noun

~ous (also slumbrous ) adjective

Origin

ME: alt. of Scots and north. Engl. sloom , in the same sense. The -b- was added for ease of pronunciation

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