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somnolent Definition


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somnolent
adj
    1. formal
      Sleepy or drowsy; causing sleepiness or drowsiness.
      Thesaurus: drowsy, fatigued, sleepy, tired, soporific, languid, torpid.
Derivative: somnolence
noun
    Derivative: somnolently
    adverb
      Etymology: 15c: as sompnolence, from Latin somnolentia, from somnus sleep.



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