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Webster 1913 Edition
Somnolent
Som′no-lent
,Adj.
[F.
somnolent
, L. somnolentus
, from somnus
sleep, akin to Gr. [GREEK], Skr. svapna
sleep, dream, svap
to sleep, Icel. sofa
, AS. swefn
sleep. Cf. Hypnotic
, Somnambulism
, Soporific
.] Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep.
– Som′no-lent-ly
, adv.
He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a
somnolent
want of interest in them. De Quincey.
Webster 1828 Edition
Somnolent
SOM'NOLENT
,Adj.