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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. inclined to or marked by drowsiness;
- Example: "slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes"
- Example: "`slumbery' is archaic";
- Example: "the sound had a somnolent effect"
[syn: slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous, somnolent]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

somnolent
    adj 1: inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or
           slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had
           a somnolent effect" [syn: slumberous, slumbery,
           slumbrous, somnolent]