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ˈsleepful, a.
[f. sleep n. + -ful.]
1. Of persons or animals: Sleepy. rare.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. iii. (Bodl. MS.), Bestes þat haue to gret brayne been slepeful. 1635W. 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.
1827Mrs. Opie in Brightwell Life (1854) 200 Had a sweet sleepful and favoured night. 1860N. McMichael Pilgr. Psalms 101 Sleep is more sleepful for long tortures sore. 1884Mrs. S. C. Venn Dailys of Sodden Fen iii, Busy days and sleepful nights.
Hence ˈsleepfulness, sleepiness.
1818Todd, Sleepfulness, strong desire to sleep. 1853E. S. Sheppard Ch. Auchester I. 281 The feeling of a knife and fork you cannot manage for sleepfulness. 1890Illustr. Lond. News 30 Aug. 266/1 Dissipating..the last mists of my sleepfulness. |