somnolent
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adjective \-lənt\Definition of SOMNOLENT
1
: of a kind likely to induce sleep <a somnolent sermon>
2
— som·no·lent·ly adverb
See Examples of SOMNOLENT
- <trying to teach somnolent students on a very hot day>
- <the somnolent hum of insects in the grass>
Origin of SOMNOLENT
Middle English sompnolent, from Anglo-French, from Latin somnolentus, from somnus sleep; akin to Old English swefn sleep, Greek hypnos
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to SOMNOLENT
- Synonyms
- dozy, drowsy, slumberous (or slumbrous), sleepy
- Antonyms
- alert, awake, conscious, wakeful, wide-awake
som·no·lent
adjective \-lənt\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of SOMNOLENT
: inclined to or heavy with sleep : drowsy
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