adj in a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant;
distinguished from couchant.
2. dormant ·adj a large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep.".
3. dormant ·adj sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles.