sleepy
AdjectiveUS[slee-pee]/ˈslipi/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)sleepier, sleepiest
- ready to fall asleep“beginning to feel sleepy”“a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids”“sleepyheaded students”Synonyms: sleepy-eyedsleepyheadedOpposite awakeSimilar asleep
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sleep′y adjective [Compar. Sleepier; superlative Sleepiest.]
Origin: AS. sl…pig. See Sleep, noun
1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. William Shakespeare
She waked her sleepy crew.— John Dryden
2. Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion. Geoffrey Chaucer
3. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. William Shakespeare
'Tis not sleepy business; But must be looked to speedily and strongly.— William Shakespeare
4. Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security.
Sleepy duck Zoology, the ruddy duck.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54