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slumberous, ˈslumbrous, a.|ˈslʌmbərəs|
Also 5 slombrous, 8–9 slumb'rous.
[f. slumber n. + -ous. The older form is slumbrous (cf. wondrous), but that with the e is the one given by Johnson (1755) and has been the commoner spelling during the 19th cent.]
1. Inclined to slumber or sleep; unduly given to slumber; somnolent, lethargic.
1495Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xix. xiii. 872 In theym whyche doon slepe tomoche, and in slombrous men, the body is pale and dyscoloured. 1733P. Whitehead State Dunces 82 At length a slumbrous Briton clos'd his Eyes. 1826Scott Jrnl. 9 July, Rather slumbrous to-day from having sat up till twelve last night. 1861Dickens Gt. Expect. vi, My sister clutched me, as a slumberous offence to the company's eyesight, and assisted me up to bed. 1895Zangwill Master iii. xi, Behind a casement a slumbrous old crone snuffed herself.
b. Of the eyes, or eyelids: Heavy or drooping with slumber or sleep.
1828Landor Wks. (1876) II. 121 Her eyes, slumberous with content. 1845Longfellow Belfry of Bruges, Carillon v, He..finds his slumbrous eyes Wet with..tears. 1887Hall Caine Son of Hagar i. viii, The man lifted his slumbrous eyelids.
2. Bringing or inducing sleep; soporific.
α1667Milton P.L. iv. 615 The timely dew of sleep Now falling with soft slumbrous weight inclines Our eye-lids. 1725Pope Odyss. ii. 444 Ev'ry eye with slumbrous chains she bound. 1751Cambridge Scribleriad v. 30 The senseless chief the slumbrous potion quaft. 1810Scott Lady of L. i. xxxii, While our slumbrous spells assail ye. 1842Tennyson Day-Dream, Sleeping Beauty i, The slumbrous light is rich and warm. 1887Bowen æneid iv. 486 Over them moist sweet honeys and slumbrous poppies to pour.
β1839Longfellow Voices of Night Prel. iv, A slumberous sound, a sound that brings The feelings of a dream. 1850B. Taylor Eldorado viii. 52 Scarcely a leaf stirred in the slumberous air; and giving way to the delicate languor [etc.]. 1877Black Green Past. xxxvii, The continuous, monotonous murmur of sound was soothing, slumberous, dreamlike.
3. Moving very slightly or slowly; lying quiescent or at rest; calm, still, peaceful.
1765Beattie Judgm. Paris cxv, Faint heaves the slumberous wave. 1794W. Blake Songs Experience Introd. 15 Morn Rises from the slumbrous mass. 1833Tennyson Lotos-Eaters 13 Some [streams] thro'..shadows broke, Rolling a slumbrous sheet of foam below. 1858G. Macdonald Phantastes xvii, Across a shining, slumberous landscape. 1898G. F. R. Henderson Stonewall Jackson I. 390 The buzzards sailing lazily above the slumbrous woods.
4. Appropriate to, characterized by, suggestive of, slumber or sleep.
1818Wordsw. Pilgrim's Dream 18 The murmur of a neighbouring stream Induced a soft and slumbrous dream. 1826Scott Jrnl. 12 Mar., I was interrupted by a slumberous feeling which made me obliged to stop once or twice. 1853Kane Grinnell Exped. viii. (1856) 59 There was something about them [icebergs] so slumberous and so pure. 1889Spectator 9 Nov. 632/1 The slumberous condition in which the mental faculties grow torpid.
5. transf. Marked or characterized by inactivity, indolence, or sluggishness.
α1809Irving Knickerb. (1861) 100 The tempestuous times..which overhang the slumbrous administration of the renowned Wouter Van Twiller. 1885Contemp. Rev. July 13 The slumbrous reign which gradually became intolerable to the commonalty.
β1876M. E. Braddon J. Haggard's Dau. I. 7 The great Anglican revival has doubtless awakened that slumberous old parish-church into new life and vigour. 1889Times 17 Jan. 9/4 The British plantations would have remained..as slumberous as they have been in the past.
b. Of places, etc.: Quiet, sleepy, tranquil.
1863Hawthorne Old Home (1879) 130 She liked the old slumberous town. 1869Daily News 23 Jan., In slumbrous country towns or quiet country houses people go to bed early and get up early. 1883American VI. 282 This quiet corner of a sleepy town in a slumberous land. |