somnolentadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈsɒmnələnt/,

/ˈsɒmnəln̩t/, U.S.

/ˈsɑmnələnt/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s sompnolent.

Etymology: < Old French sompnolent (modern French somnolent), or < Latin somnolentus (medieval Latin sompno-), < somnus sleep.

a. Tending to cause sleepiness or drowsiness; inclining to sleep.

ΘΚΠ

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

c1475 Partenay 5376 Where it behouith to wacche nightes thre Without any sompnolent slepe to be.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 292 Takes age in ease and sleepe content? Then Baiæ what more somnolent?

1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 531 An effect which we seek in vain in the somnolent pages of Lediard.

1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xix. 486 He was again painfully aware of a somnolent tendency in Frederick.

1882 H. de Windt On Equator 75 The noise made by the stream..had a very pleasant and somnolent effect.

b. Marked by sleepiness or slowness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective]

lateeOE

slackc1000

slowc1225

heavya1400

lent14..

slowfulc1400

sloth1412

latesomea1425

sluggedc1430

sluggingc1430

tardy1483

lingeringa1547

tarde1547

sleuth1567

snailish1581

slow-moving1592

lagging1597

snail-paced1597

snail-slow1600

slow-pacing1616

snail-like1639

sluggish1640

ignave1657

languishing1693

slow-stepping1793

lentitudinous1801

somnolent1812

slow-coachish1844

tardigradous1866

vermigrade1938

slow-cooking1968

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

drowsya1529

somnolent1812

1812 Q. Rev. 8 64 The translator restricts his somnolent interrogation to Codrus.

1877 D. M. Wallace Russia v. 76 And I must do Anton the justice to say that he served me well in his own somnolent fashion.

a. Of persons: Inclined to sleep; heavy with sleep; drowsy. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

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

winkinga1000

slummy?c1225

anappedc1300

sleepya1325

heavy1382

slumberyc1386

sleepful1398

peisant1484

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drowsy1530

sleepish1530

sleepery1535

slumberinga1538

somnolent1547

heavy-headed1552

drowsy-headed1576

narrow-eyed1607

soporiferous1607

oscitant1625

nodding1631

Morphean1641

dormious1656

somniculous1656

dozed1659

drowsed1667

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dozy1693

peepy1699

somniferous1798

noddy1801

dozing1820

head-nodding1832

snory1837

soporific1841

somnolescent1845

swodder1847

adrowse1848

snoozy1877

slumbersome1884

1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. xiii^v If the sycke person do vomyt and be sompnouent [sic] or slepyng.

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Somnolent, sleepie.

1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe 128 Deriding the Somnolent and sluggish gods of the Epicures.

1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.

1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose v, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 245 I am no whit somnolent; I always hear best with my eyes shut.

1840 R. H. Barham Grey Dolphin in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 78 Fasting and watching had made him more than usually somnolent.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. iv. 51 When they had passed the little town of Stourcastle, dumbly somnolent under its thick brown thatch.

b. n. A somnolent or sleepy person; one affected with somnolence.

ΘΚΠ

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

1841 W. C. Dendy Philos. Mystery 373 Like many other somnolents, she was morose and irritable, especially previous to the sleeping-fit.

Derivatives

ˈsomnolently adv. in a somnolent manner; sleepily.

ΘΚΠ

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

drowsily1581

sleepily1607

somnolently1615

sleepingly1638

oscitantly1645

slumberously1816

dozingly1831

comatosely1859

dozily1861

1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith 264 I know none but may haue hope to escape, so they will not..somnolently put off the euill day.

1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 22 384 Alciphron could not possibly have been more somnolently inclined.

1875 M. Collins Sweet & Twenty ii. vi An inquisitive investigative youth was Charles, who never threw away his time somnolently.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	somnolent
释义	somnolentadj.n. Brit. /ˈsɒmnələnt/, /ˈsɒmnəln̩t/, U.S. /ˈsɑmnələnt/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s sompnolent. Etymology: < Old French sompnolent (modern French somnolent), or < Latin somnolentus (medieval Latin sompno-), < somnus sleep. 1. a. Tending to cause sleepiness or drowsiness; inclining to sleep. ΘΚΠ 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 c1475 Partenay 5376 Where it behouith to wacche nightes thre Without any sompnolent slepe to be. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 292 Takes age in ease and sleepe content? Then Baiæ what more somnolent? 1824 T. F. Dibdin Libr. Compan. 531 An effect which we seek in vain in the somnolent pages of Lediard. 1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xix. 486 He was again painfully aware of a somnolent tendency in Frederick. 1882 H. de Windt On Equator 75 The noise made by the stream..had a very pleasant and somnolent effect. b. Marked by sleepiness or slowness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adjective] lateeOE slackc1000 slowc1225 heavya1400 lent14.. slowfulc1400 sloth1412 latesomea1425 sluggedc1430 sluggingc1430 tardy1483 lingeringa1547 tarde1547 sleuth1567 snailish1581 slow-moving1592 lagging1597 snail-paced1597 snail-slow1600 slow-pacing1616 snail-like1639 sluggish1640 ignave1657 languishing1693 slow-stepping1793 lentitudinous1801 somnolent1812 slow-coachish1844 tardigradous1866 vermigrade1938 slow-cooking1968 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [adjective] > marked or characterized by drowsiness drowsya1529 somnolent1812 1812 Q. Rev. 8 64 The translator restricts his somnolent interrogation to Codrus. 1877 D. M. Wallace Russia v. 76 And I must do Anton the justice to say that he served me well in his own somnolent fashion. 2. a. Of persons: Inclined to sleep; heavy with sleep; drowsy. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ 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 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. xiii^v If the sycke person do vomyt and be sompnouent [sic] or slepyng. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Somnolent, sleepie. 1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe 128 Deriding the Somnolent and sluggish gods of the Epicures. 1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose v, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 245 I am no whit somnolent; I always hear best with my eyes shut. 1840 R. H. Barham Grey Dolphin in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 78 Fasting and watching had made him more than usually somnolent. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. iv. 51 When they had passed the little town of Stourcastle, dumbly somnolent under its thick brown thatch. b. n. A somnolent or sleepy person; one affected with somnolence. ΘΚΠ 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 1841 W. C. Dendy Philos. Mystery 373 Like many other somnolents, she was morose and irritable, especially previous to the sleeping-fit. Derivatives ˈsomnolently adv. in a somnolent manner; sleepily. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [adverb] drowsily1581 sleepily1607 somnolently1615 sleepingly1638 oscitantly1645 slumberously1816 dozingly1831 comatosely1859 dozily1861 1615 T. Jackson Iustifying Faith 264 I know none but may haue hope to escape, so they will not..somnolently put off the euill day. 1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 22 384 Alciphron could not possibly have been more somnolently inclined. 1875 M. Collins Sweet & Twenty ii. vi An inquisitive investigative youth was Charles, who never threw away his time somnolently. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1475
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