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somnolent

adjective som·no·lent \-lənt\

: tired and ready to fall alseep

: causing a person to fall asleep : very boring

Full Definition of SOMNOLENT

: of a kind likely to induce sleep <a somnolent sermon>

a : inclined to or heavy with sleep : drowsy

b : sleepy 2 <somnolent rivers>

— som·no·lent·ly adverb

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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

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adjective som·no·lent \-lənt\

: inclined to or heavy with sleep : drowsy

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