Somnolent Definition

sŏmnə-lənt
adjective
Sleepy; drowsy.
Webster's New World
Inducing drowsiness.
Webster's New World

Origin of Somnolent

  • First attested in 1615. From French somnolent, from Old French sompolent, subsequently from Latin somnolentus, Latin somnus (“sleep"), Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, *súpnos (“dream"), which both are derived from Proto-Indo-European *swep-.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English sompnolent from Old French from Latin somnolentus somnus sleep swep- in Indo-European roots -olentus abounding in

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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