SOMNOLENT


Meaning of SOMNOLENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -lənt ]

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

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