-lənt adjective
Etymology: Middle English sompnolent, from Middle French from Latin somnolentus, from somnus sleep; akin to Old English swefn dream, sleep, Old High German int swebben to put to sleep, Old Norse svefn dream, sleep, Greek hypnos sleep, Sanskrit svapna
1. : tending to induce drowsiness or sleepiness
the sound had a somnolent effect
2.
a. : inclined to sleep : heavy with sleep : drowsy , sleepy
fasting and watching had made him more than usually somnolent — R.H.Barham
b. : marked by sleepiness, drowsiness, or slowness
the somnolent river scene
a somnolent country village