'Somnolent' definitions:

Definition of 'somnolent'

From: WordNet
adjective
Inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had a somnolent effect" [syn: slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous, somnolent]

Definition of 'Somnolent'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a somnolent want of interest in them. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'somnolent'

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Words containing 'Somnolent'