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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024slum•ber•ous (slum′bər əs, slum′brəs),USA pronunciation adj. - Physiologysleepy;
heavy with drowsiness, as the eyelids. - Drugscausing or inducing sleep.
- pertaining to, characterized by, or suggestive of slumber.
- inactive or sluggish;
calm or quiet.
Also, slum′brous. slum′ber•ous•ly, adv. slum′ber•ous•ness, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: slumberous /ˈslʌmbərəs -brəs/ adj chiefly poetic - sleepy; drowsy
- inducing sleep
ˈslumberously adv ˈslumberousness n slum•ber /ˈslʌmbɚ/USA pronunciation v. [no object]- Physiologyto sleep.
n. - Physiology[uncountable] sleep.
- Physiology[countable] a period of sleep.
slum•ber•ous, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024slum•ber (slum′bər),USA pronunciation v.i. - Physiologyto sleep, esp. lightly;
doze;
drowse. - to be in a state of inactivity, negligence, quiescence, or calm:Vesuvius is slumbering.
v.t. - to spend or pass (time) in slumbering (often fol. by away, out, or through):to slumber the afternoon away.
- to dispel or forget by slumbering (often fol. by away):to slumber cares away.
n. - PhysiologySometimes, slumbers. sleep, esp. light sleep.
- Physiologya period of sleep, esp. light sleep.
- a state of inactivity, quiescence, etc.
- 1175–1225; (verb, verbal) Middle English slumeren, frequentative of slumen to doze, derivative of Old English slūma sleep (see -er6); compare German schlummern; (noun, nominal) Middle English slomur, slomber, derivative of the verb, verbal
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