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slumbery, a. Now rare or Obs.|ˈslʌmbərɪ| Also 4, 6 slombry, 6 slombre, 6, 7 slumbry; 5 slomry. [f. slumber n. + -y. Cf. Fris. slomm-, slûmerich, MDu. slumerich (Du. sluimerig), G. schlummerig, Sw. slumrig.] Slumberous, sleepy; of the nature of slumber.
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋724 Thanne wexeth he slough and slombry. c1450in Aungier Syon (1840) 252 If any..sluggeschly slepe, or be slomry, in any conuentual acte. 1530Palsgr. 324/1 Slombrye, slepysshe, pesant. 1578T. Phaer æneid vi. Q iij b, On the ground himself he spred..and groueling lay with slumbry head. 1590Spenser F.Q. iii. vi. 26 That..shadie couert, whereas lay Faire Crysogone in slombry traunce. 1605Shakes. Macb. v. i. 12 In this slumbry agitation, besides her walking,..what..haue you heard her say? 1616Drummond of Hawthornden Poems B j b, Lampe of Heauens Christall Hall,..who makes the vglie Night At thine Approach flie to her slumbrie Bowrs. 1818Keats Endym. ii. 406 Tenderly unclos'd, By tenderest pressure, a faint damask mouth To slumbery pout. |