drowsyadj.

Brit.

/ˈdraʊzi/, U.S.

/ˈdraʊzi/

Forms: Also (1500s drawsy, drusye), 1500s–1700s drousy, 1600s–1700s drouzy, drowzy.

Etymology: Found in first half of the 16th cent.; no corresponding Middle English or Old English form is recorded: it is however probably related to Old English drúsian : see drowse v.

1. Inclined to sleep, esp. at a time when one wishes, or ought, to be awake; heavy with sleepiness; half asleep, dozing.

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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

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 311/1 Drowsy, heavy for slepe or onlusty, pesant.

1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 3 N. Me think you are very drowsie still. T. I am not very well awaked yet.

1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xvii. 113 It made mee more drowsie at night.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. ii. 446 Drowzy they rose, with heavy fumes opprest.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xviii. 33 A drowsy watchman's footsteps sounded on the pavement.

1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. i. 46 I am very tired and drowsy.

2. Caused or characterized by sleepiness or inactivity.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [adjective] > marked or characterized by drowsiness

drowsya1529

somnolent1812

a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 15 Her lothy leere is..ugly of cheere, droupy and drowsie.

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 46^v Pour rose oyl and vinegre vpon them that haue the drawsy or forgetfull euel.

1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 8^v, in 2nd Pt. Herball Diseases of the heade, as are the drusye euill.

1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. ii. 9 Drouzie Diseases, called Coma, Lethargy, Carus, and Apoplexy.

a1732 J. Gay Fables (1738) II. xiii. 119 Till drowsy sleep retards the glass.

1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood i. 1 Some..period of drowsy laughter.

3. Inducing sleepiness; lulling; soporific.

ΘΠ

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

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iii. sig. O6^v [He] vprose from drowsie couch.

a1627 T. Middleton Witch (1945) iv. iii. 1651 I spic'd them..with a drowzie Posset, they will not heare.

1706 J. Addison Rosamond iii. iii The bowl, with drowsie juices fill'd.

1855 W. Irving Chron. Wolfert's Roost 12 That potent and drowsy spell, which still prevails over the valley.

4. figurative. Heavy, dull, inactive; sluggish, lethargic.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > sluggish or heavy

slowOE

sluggy?c1225

dull1393

slowfulc1400

sluggedc1430

sluggingc1430

slugc1440

sluggishc1450

lithera1500

peakish1519

lumpish1528

sopit1528

loiterous1566

slugring1566

drowsy1570

slow-bellied1576

snailish1581

blate1597

druggly1611

jacent1611

clammy1622

loggish1642

ignave1657

sliving1661

druggle-headed1694

slow-coachish1844

loggy1847

logy1859

tardigradous1866

tardigrade1883

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Iii^v/2 Drowsie, deses.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft i. iii. 7 In whose drousie minds the diuell hath gotten a fine seat.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. ii. 22 The dead and drowsie fier.

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. x. 66 The drowsy, dull Presbyterian humour of Fairfax.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 178. ⁋14 A drowsy thoughtlessness or a giddy levity.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 467 Sinking into a servile, sensual, drowsy parasite.

Compounds

drowsy-head n. a person of a sleepy or sluggish disposition; drowsy-headed, drowsy-flighted adjs.

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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

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

1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 354 The drowsie headed lubber.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. v. sig. Bb.iii/2 Slouthfull drousieheades are..an vnprofitable lumpe of vnoccupyed earth.

?1634–7 J. Milton Comus (MS Trinity Coll. Cambr.) 21 The drousie flighted steeds that draw the litter of close-curtain'd sleepe.

1834 Moir in Blackwood's Mag. 35 708 The drowsyhead, man, on his bed slumbers prone.

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

单词	drowsy
释义	drowsyadj. Brit. /ˈdraʊzi/, U.S. /ˈdraʊzi/ Forms: Also (1500s drawsy, drusye), 1500s–1700s drousy, 1600s–1700s drouzy, drowzy. Etymology: Found in first half of the 16th cent.; no corresponding Middle English or Old English form is recorded: it is however probably related to Old English drúsian : see drowse v. 1. Inclined to sleep, esp. at a time when one wishes, or ought, to be awake; heavy with sleepiness; half asleep, dozing. 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 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 311/1 Drowsy, heavy for slepe or onlusty, pesant. 1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 3 N. Me think you are very drowsie still. T. I am not very well awaked yet. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. xvii. 113 It made mee more drowsie at night. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. ii. 446 Drowzy they rose, with heavy fumes opprest. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xviii. 33 A drowsy watchman's footsteps sounded on the pavement. 1876 M. M. Grant Sun-maid I. i. 46 I am very tired and drowsy. 2. Caused or characterized by sleepiness or inactivity. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [adjective] > marked or characterized by drowsiness drowsya1529 somnolent1812 a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 15 Her lothy leere is..ugly of cheere, droupy and drowsie. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 46^v Pour rose oyl and vinegre vpon them that haue the drawsy or forgetfull euel. 1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 8^v, in 2nd Pt. Herball Diseases of the heade, as are the drusye euill. 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. ii. 9 Drouzie Diseases, called Coma, Lethargy, Carus, and Apoplexy. a1732 J. Gay Fables (1738) II. xiii. 119 Till drowsy sleep retards the glass. 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood i. 1 Some..period of drowsy laughter. 3. Inducing sleepiness; lulling; soporific. ΘΠ 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 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iii. sig. O6^v [He] vprose from drowsie couch. a1627 T. Middleton Witch (1945) iv. iii. 1651 I spic'd them..with a drowzie Posset, they will not heare. 1706 J. Addison Rosamond iii. iii The bowl, with drowsie juices fill'd. 1855 W. Irving Chron. Wolfert's Roost 12 That potent and drowsy spell, which still prevails over the valley. 4. figurative. Heavy, dull, inactive; sluggish, lethargic. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > sluggish or heavy slowOE sluggy?c1225 dull1393 slowfulc1400 sluggedc1430 sluggingc1430 slugc1440 sluggishc1450 lithera1500 peakish1519 lumpish1528 sopit1528 loiterous1566 slugring1566 drowsy1570 slow-bellied1576 snailish1581 blate1597 druggly1611 jacent1611 clammy1622 loggish1642 ignave1657 sliving1661 druggle-headed1694 slow-coachish1844 loggy1847 logy1859 tardigradous1866 tardigrade1883 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Iii^v/2 Drowsie, deses. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft i. iii. 7 In whose drousie minds the diuell hath gotten a fine seat. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. ii. 22 The dead and drowsie fier. View more context for this quotation 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. x. 66 The drowsy, dull Presbyterian humour of Fairfax. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 178. ⁋14 A drowsy thoughtlessness or a giddy levity. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 467 Sinking into a servile, sensual, drowsy parasite. Compounds drowsy-head n. a person of a sleepy or sluggish disposition; drowsy-headed, drowsy-flighted adjs. 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 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 1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 354 The drowsie headed lubber. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. v. sig. Bb.iii/2 Slouthfull drousieheades are..an vnprofitable lumpe of vnoccupyed earth. ?1634–7 J. Milton Comus (MS Trinity Coll. Cambr.) 21 The drousie flighted steeds that draw the litter of close-curtain'd sleepe. 1834 Moir in Blackwood's Mag. 35 708 The drowsyhead, man, on his bed slumbers prone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1529
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