adj.
Pronunciation: -l ə nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English sompnolent, from Anglo-French, from Latin somnolentus, from somnus sleep; akin to Old English swefn sleep, Greek hypnos
Date: 15th century
1 : of a kind likely to induce sleep <a somnolent sermon>
2 a : inclined to or heavy with sleep : DROWSY b : SLEEPY 2 < somnolent rivers>
– som · no · lent · ly adverb