drowsinessn.
/ˈdraʊzɪnɪs/ 1. The state of being drowsy; heavy sleepiness.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [noun] > state of being drowsy
drowsiness1551
drowsihead1590
drowsing1654
drowse1814
drowsihood1867
1551 Primer set Furth by Clergie sig. E.iv Drousinesse take from our iyes.
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 46v They shal fall into a forgetfull and a slepishe drowsines.
1645 J. Milton Arcades in Poems 54 When drowsines Hath lockt up mortal sense.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. i. 25 Drowsiness, increasing till it end in sound Sleep.
1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) V. 353 The symptoms were a sudden perspiration, accompanied with faintness and drowsiness.
2. figurative. Intellectual or moral lethargy; sloth.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun]
accidiaOE
accidie?c1225
lethargyc1380
faintness1398
lithernessc1425
listlesshedec1440
owlisthead1440
supinity1548
lustlessness1556
benumbedness1566
phlegm1578
apoplexy1589
acedia1607
torpor1607
drowsiness1611
torpidity1614
languishmentc1620
hebetude1621
acedy1623
inerty1623
supineness1640
listlessness1646
cadaveriety1651
inertitude1656
oscitation1656
torpulency1657
sopor1658
phlegmaticness1659
lethargicalness1664
torpidnessa1676
faineantisea1684
phlegmatism1688
vis inertiae1710
torpitude1713
moonery1764
donothingness1814
benumbment1817
inertia1821
languor1825
donothingism1839
Mondayishness1850
mooniness1852
mooning1857
fainéantisme1873
sog1874
Oblomovism1902
1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xxiii. 21 Drousinesse shall cloath a man with ragges. View more context for this quotation
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 89. ⁋5 Convinced of the necessity of breaking from this habitual drowsiness.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 107 His vivacity relieved the drowsiness of mere antiquarianism.
1841 J. Ayre in Abp. Sandys's Serm. Misc. 439 By the drowsiness of the husbandmen and the sloth of the cultivators.
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