sleepfuladj.
1. Of persons or animals: Sleepy. rare.
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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
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. iii Bestes þat haue to gret brayne been slepeful.
1635 W. Scott Ess. Drapery 138 Distrust will cure a Lethargie, of a sleepfull man it makes a wakefull one.
2. Marked by sleep; restful through sleep.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective]
lighteOE
sleepy?c1225
somnaical1655
soporal1716
heavyish1736
soporific1754
morphetic1788
slumberous1820
sleepful1827
soporifical1837
slumberful1844
1827 Mrs. Opie in Brightwell Life (1854) 200 Had a sweet sleepful and favoured night.
1860 N. Macmichael Pilgrim Psalms 101 Sleep is more sleepful for long tortures sore.
1884 Mrs. S. C. Venn Dailys of Sodden Fen iii Busy days and sleepful nights.
Derivatives
ˈsleepfulness n. sleepiness.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [noun]
somnolencec1386
sleepingness1398
slumberness1495
sleepiness1580
soporiferousness1598
somnolency1623
dozedness1671
doziness1679
swother?c1730
sleepfulness1818
somnolescence1831
sleepy-headiness1841
slumberousness1842
nappishness1851
sleepy-headedness1884
snooziness1887
1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Sleepfulness, strong desire to sleep.
1853 E. S. Sheppard Charles Auchester I. 281 The feeling of a knife and fork you cannot manage for sleepfulness.
1890 Illustr. London News 30 Aug. 266/1 Dissipating..the last mists of my sleepfulness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1398- to walk the rounds
- to walk the second mile
- to walk the street
- to walk the streets
- to walk the walk
- to walk the wards
- to walk the way of nature
- to walk the way of the lord
- to walk through
- to walk tread a person's steps
- to walk turkey
- to walk up
- to walk up the aisle
- to walk upon air
- to walk upon one's pantofles
- to walk upon pantofles
- to walk wide in words
- to walk will of one's way
- to walk with a stick
- to walk with god
- to wall in
- to wall off
- to wall out
- to wallop in a tether
- to wallop in a tow