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somnolent |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Somnolent \Som"no*lent\, a. [F. somnolent, L. somnolentus from somnus sleep, akin to Gr ?, 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 phenomens, because he had a somnolent want of interest in them --De Quincey. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: somnolent adj : inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had a a somnolent effect" [syn: {slumberous}, {slumbery}, {slumbrous}]
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