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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.
Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep.

Definition 2024

somnolent

somnolent

English

Adjective

somnolent ‎(comparative more somnolent, superlative most somnolent)

  1. Drowsy or sleepy.
  2. (dated) Causing literal or figurative sleepiness; soporific.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French sompnolent, a borrowing from Latin somnolentus, derived from somnus ‎(“sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos ‎(“sleep”, “slumber”).

Adjective

somnolent m ‎(feminine singular somnolente, masculine plural somnolents, feminine plural somnolentes)

  1. drowsy (inclined to drowse)

Verb

somnolent

  1. third-person plural present indicative of somnoler
  2. third-person plural present subjunctive of somnoler

Etymology

First attested in 1615. Borrowing from French somnolent, from Old French sompnolent, subsequently from Latin somnolentus, from somnus ‎(“sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *súpnos ‎(“dream”), which both are derived from Proto-Indo-European *swep-.

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