somnolent

Adjective
US[som-nuh-luhnt]/ˈsɑmnələnt/3 syllables
Synonyms: slumberousslumberyslumbrous

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. inclined to or marked by drowsiness“slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes”“‘slumbery’ is archaic”“the sound had a somnolent effect”Synonyms: slumberousslumberyslumbrousOpposite awakeSimilar asleep

Related words somnolence noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Som′no·lent adjective

Origin: 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′wb-a1′>′no·lent·ly, adverb

He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a somnolent want of interest in them.— Thomas DeQuincey

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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