slumberyadj.
/ˈslʌmbəri/ Now rare or Obsolete.
Slumberous, sleepy; of the nature of slumber.
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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
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋724 Thanne wexeth he slough and slombry.
?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 252 If any..sluggeschly slepe, or be slomry, in any conuentual acte.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 324/1 Slombrye, slepysshe, pesant.
1578 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid vi. Q iij b On the ground himself he spred..and groueling lay with slumbry head.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vi. sig. Hh4 That..shady couert, whereas lay Faire Crysogone in slombry traunce.
?1614 W. Drummond Sonnet: Lampe of Heauens in Poems Lampe of Heauens Christall Hall,..who makes the vgly Night, At thine Approach flie to her slumbrie Bowres.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. i. 11 In this slumbry agitation, besides her walking,..what..haue you heard her say? View more context for this quotation
1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 72 Tenderly unclos'd, By tenderest pressure, a faint damask mouth To slumbery pout.
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