adj
somnolent
Somnolent (adj) means feeling ready to fall asleep.
adj
1
Feeling ready to fall asleep.
2
Making someone feel sleepy, in a real or figurative sense.
"As she reached toward the last few fiddleheads growing on the second hummock, her hand froze. She heard the somnolent buzzing of flies again."
— Stephen King, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (1999)
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Etymology
First recorded in 1615, borrowed from French somnolent, which came from Old French sompnolent, from Latin somnolentus, from somnus (“sleep”).
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What is the meaning of somnolent?
"somnolent" (adj) means feeling ready to fall asleep.
What is another word for somnolent?
Other words for "somnolent" include slumberous, slumbrous, slumbery.
What is the opposite of somnolent?
Opposites of "somnolent" include wakeful, alert.
What are the different meanings of somnolent?
"somnolent" has 2 main meanings: 1. Feeling ready to fall asleep; 2. Making someone feel sleepy, in a real or figurative sense.
