drowsev.

/draʊz/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s drouze, 1500s–1800s drowze, 1600s drouse.

Etymology: In current use appears in 1573: perhaps a back-formation < drowsy, which is found earlier; perhaps identical with Old English drúsian, to sink, become low, slow, or inactive, a derivative from the ablaut series dreus-, draus-, drus-, Old English dréosan to fall down; but the non-appearance of the verb for 600 years leaves this uncertain.

†1. intransitive. (Old English) To sink, droop, become slow.

OE Cynewulf Elene 1257 A wæs secg oð ðæt cnyssed cearwelmum, cen drusende, þeah he in medohealle maðmas þege, æplede gold.

OE Phoenix 368 Forþon he drusende deað ne bisorgað, sare swyltcwale, þe him symle wat æfter ligþræce lif edniwe.

OE Beowulf 1630 Lagu drusade.

2. intransitive. To be drowsy; to be heavy or dull with or as with sleep; to be half asleep. Also with away, off.

ΘΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > for a short time or lightly

napeOE

slumberc1220

sloomc1275

wink1412

to take (also catch, have, steal, etc.) a (also one's) napa1425

to sleep a wink1542

drowse1598

jouka1652

doze1693

snooze1789

snoozle1831

zizz1942

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > be or become drowsy [verb (intransitive)]

nodc1425

dow1502

dream1548

drowse1598

winka1616

doze1693

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > make drowsy [verb (transitive)] > pass away (time) drowsily

to dream out1579

drowse1598

to dream away1600

doze1693

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > go to sleep or fall asleep > for a short time or lightly

to nod off1684

to doze off or over1860

neeb1866

drowse1886

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 81 [They] drowzd, and hung their eie-lids down, Slept in his face.

1666 S. Pepys Diary 17 May (1972) VII. 126 I could not hold my eyes open for an hour, but I drowsed..but I anon wakened.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 131 More wakeful then to drouze .

1853 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 20 615 Drowsing and dreaming with half-open eye.

1886 W. W. Story Fiammetta ii. 39 He..now and then drowsed away into a half sleep.

1908 Smart Set Sept. 101/2 I must have drowsed off.

3. figurative. To be or grow inactive, dull, or sluggish.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > be listless or lethargic [verb (intransitive)] > be or become sluggish or heavy

slugc1425

dull1430

slurg1558

drowse1570

drumblea1616

drone1858

1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 22^v Ill husbandry drowseth at fortune so awke, good husbandry rowseth him selfe like a hawke.

a1679 W. Outram 20 Serm. (1682) 455 The minds of men would drowze and slumber.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 40 Let not your prudence,..drowse.

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 67 The Leam..drowsing across the principal street beneath a handsome bridge.

4. transitive. To render drowsy; to make heavy, dull, or inactive, as with sleep.

ΘΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > make drowsy [verb (transitive)]

drowse1600

somnolize1831

bedrowse1877

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxix. viii. 1027 When as wine had drowned and droused the understanding.

1614 J. Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue vi. 101 The Fume of his aboundant Drink, Drouzing his Brain.

a1821 J. Keats Otho v. v, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 201 Nations drowsed in peace!

1881 B. Webber In Luck's Way i. i Any birds which the heat has not utterly drowsed.

5. To pass away (time) drowsily or in drowsing.

ΘΠ

the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > in some activity > in sleep or dreaming

sleep1565

to dream away1600

sleep1623

doze1693

drowse1843

1843 G. W. Le Fevre Life Trav. Physician III. iii. xii. 255 To drowse away the mornings.

1875 R. Browning Inn Album i. 12 Don't I drowse The week away down with the Aunt and Niece?

Derivatives

drowsed adj.

ΘΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [adjective]

winkinga1000

slummy?c1225

anappedc1300

sleepya1325

heavy1382

slumberyc1386

sleepful1398

peisant1484

slumberous1495

drowsy1530

sleepish1530

sleepery1535

slumberinga1538

somnolent1547

heavy-headed1552

drowsy-headed1576

narrow-eyed1607

soporiferous1607

oscitant1625

nodding1631

Morphean1641

dormious1656

somniculous1656

dozed1659

drowsed1667

peeping1673

dozy1693

peepy1699

somniferous1798

noddy1801

dozing1820

head-nodding1832

snory1837

soporific1841

somnolescent1845

swodder1847

adrowse1848

snoozy1877

slumbersome1884

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 289 Gentle sleep..with soft oppression seis'd My droused sense.

1797 S. T. Coleridge Relig. Musings (new ed.) in Poems (ed. 2) 121 The droused Soul.

ˈdrowsing n. and adj.

ΘΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [noun] > state of being drowsy

drowsiness1551

drowsihead1590

drowsing1654

drowse1814

drowsihood1867

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > causing or inducing sleep

sleepingc1369

sleepy1398

lullingc1440

somnolentc1475

sleepery1513

sleeprife1513

narcotic1526

opiate1543

breed-sleep1582

somnoriferous1583

drowsy1590

dormitive1593

soporiferous1601

somniferous1602

sleep-bringing1605

dormitary1609

hypnotic1625

dormitory1631

papaverous1646

dormant1654

hypnotical1657

somnifyinga1661

sleepifying1662

slumberous1667

soporific1690

somnific1721

somniculous1820

somnorific1865

soporous1866

drowsing1881

narcoleptic1984

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 557 The lesser snatches of Rest and Drowsings.

1881 T. Hardy Laodicean I. ii. iii. 285 The drowsing effects of the last night's sitting.

ˈdrowser n.

ΘΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [noun] > one who is drowsy

dormousea1568

drowsy-head1576

sleepy-head1577

John-a-nods1600

soporific1808

somnolent1841

somnivolent1884

drowser1887

1887 M. B. Betham-Edwards Next of Kin Wanted I. viii. 110 Unwary drowsers were severely castigated from the pulpit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	drowse
释义	drowsen. Etymology: < drowse v. The action of drowsing; a fit of drowsing; the state of being half asleep. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [noun] > state of being drowsy drowsiness1551 drowsihead1590 drowsing1654 drowse1814 drowsihood1867 1814 J. Galt Prophetess iii. i Men are seiz'd with most unnat'ral drowze. a1851 D. M. Moir Tomb of De Bruce iii, in Poet. Wks. (1852) Shaking the fetters away, which in drowse she had worn. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh vi. 250 He saw his mother's face, accepting it In change for heaven itself, with such a smile As might have well been learnt there,—never moved, But He..smiled on, in a drowse of ecstasy. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 60 Many a voice along the street,..burst Their drowze. figurative.1863 C. Patmore Victories of Love xv, in Angel in House (ed. 3) II. 220 The wealthy wheat Bends in a golden drowse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018). drowsev. /draʊz/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s drouze, 1500s–1800s drowze, 1600s drouse. Etymology: In current use appears in 1573: perhaps a back-formation < drowsy, which is found earlier; perhaps identical with Old English drúsian, to sink, become low, slow, or inactive, a derivative from the ablaut series dreus-, draus-, drus-, Old English dréosan to fall down; but the non-appearance of the verb for 600 years leaves this uncertain. †1. intransitive. (Old English) To sink, droop, become slow. Π OE Cynewulf Elene 1257 A wæs secg oð ðæt cnyssed cearwelmum, cen drusende, þeah he in medohealle maðmas þege, æplede gold. OE Phoenix 368 Forþon he drusende deað ne bisorgað, sare swyltcwale, þe him symle wat æfter ligþræce lif edniwe. OE Beowulf 1630 Lagu drusade. 2. intransitive. To be drowsy; to be heavy or dull with or as with sleep; to be half asleep. Also with away, off. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > for a short time or lightly napeOE slumberc1220 sloomc1275 wink1412 to take (also catch, have, steal, etc.) a (also one's) napa1425 to sleep a wink1542 drowse1598 jouka1652 doze1693 snooze1789 snoozle1831 zizz1942 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > be or become drowsy [verb (intransitive)] nodc1425 dow1502 dream1548 drowse1598 winka1616 doze1693 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > make drowsy [verb (transitive)] > pass away (time) drowsily to dream out1579 drowse1598 to dream away1600 doze1693 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > go to sleep or fall asleep > for a short time or lightly to nod off1684 to doze off or over1860 neeb1866 drowse1886 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. ii. 81 [They] drowzd, and hung their eie-lids down, Slept in his face. View more context for this quotation 1666 S. Pepys Diary 17 May (1972) VII. 126 I could not hold my eyes open for an hour, but I drowsed..but I anon wakened. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 131 More wakeful then to drouze . View more context for this quotation 1853 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 20 615 Drowsing and dreaming with half-open eye. 1886 W. W. Story Fiammetta ii. 39 He..now and then drowsed away into a half sleep. 1908 Smart Set Sept. 101/2 I must have drowsed off. 3. figurative. To be or grow inactive, dull, or sluggish. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > be listless or lethargic [verb (intransitive)] > be or become sluggish or heavy slugc1425 dull1430 slurg1558 drowse1570 drumblea1616 drone1858 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 22^v Ill husbandry drowseth at fortune so awke, good husbandry rowseth him selfe like a hawke. a1679 W. Outram 20 Serm. (1682) 455 The minds of men would drowze and slumber. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 40 Let not your prudence,..drowse. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 67 The Leam..drowsing across the principal street beneath a handsome bridge. 4. transitive. To render drowsy; to make heavy, dull, or inactive, as with sleep. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > make drowsy [verb (transitive)] drowse1600 somnolize1831 bedrowse1877 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxix. viii. 1027 When as wine had drowned and droused the understanding. 1614 J. Sylvester Bethulia's Rescue vi. 101 The Fume of his aboundant Drink, Drouzing his Brain. a1821 J. Keats Otho v. v, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 201 Nations drowsed in peace! 1881 B. Webber In Luck's Way i. i Any birds which the heat has not utterly drowsed. 5. To pass away (time) drowsily or in drowsing. ΘΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > in some activity > in sleep or dreaming sleep1565 to dream away1600 sleep1623 doze1693 drowse1843 1843 G. W. Le Fevre Life Trav. Physician III. iii. xii. 255 To drowse away the mornings. 1875 R. Browning Inn Album i. 12 Don't I drowse The week away down with the Aunt and Niece? Derivatives drowsed adj. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [adjective] winkinga1000 slummy?c1225 anappedc1300 sleepya1325 heavy1382 slumberyc1386 sleepful1398 peisant1484 slumberous1495 drowsy1530 sleepish1530 sleepery1535 slumberinga1538 somnolent1547 heavy-headed1552 drowsy-headed1576 narrow-eyed1607 soporiferous1607 oscitant1625 nodding1631 Morphean1641 dormious1656 somniculous1656 dozed1659 drowsed1667 peeping1673 dozy1693 peepy1699 somniferous1798 noddy1801 dozing1820 head-nodding1832 snory1837 soporific1841 somnolescent1845 swodder1847 adrowse1848 snoozy1877 slumbersome1884 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 289 Gentle sleep..with soft oppression seis'd My droused sense. View more context for this quotation 1797 S. T. Coleridge Relig. Musings (new ed.) in Poems (ed. 2) 121 The droused Soul. ˈdrowsing n. and adj. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [noun] > state of being drowsy drowsiness1551 drowsihead1590 drowsing1654 drowse1814 drowsihood1867 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > causing or inducing sleep sleepingc1369 sleepy1398 lullingc1440 somnolentc1475 sleepery1513 sleeprife1513 narcotic1526 opiate1543 breed-sleep1582 somnoriferous1583 drowsy1590 dormitive1593 soporiferous1601 somniferous1602 sleep-bringing1605 dormitary1609 hypnotic1625 dormitory1631 papaverous1646 dormant1654 hypnotical1657 somnifyinga1661 sleepifying1662 slumberous1667 soporific1690 somnific1721 somniculous1820 somnorific1865 soporous1866 drowsing1881 narcoleptic1984 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 557 The lesser snatches of Rest and Drowsings. 1881 T. Hardy Laodicean I. ii. iii. 285 The drowsing effects of the last night's sitting. ˈdrowser n. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [noun] > one who is drowsy dormousea1568 drowsy-head1576 sleepy-head1577 John-a-nods1600 soporific1808 somnolent1841 somnivolent1884 drowser1887 1887 M. B. Betham-Edwards Next of Kin Wanted I. viii. 110 Unwary drowsers were severely castigated from the pulpit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1814v.OE
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