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单词 sleepery
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sleeperyadj.

Forms: 1500s slep(e)rie, -ry, sleipry, 1500s–1600s slipp(e)rie, 1800s sleep(e)ry, -'ry.
Etymology: probably < Middle Low German sleperich, slaperich, or Middle Dutch slaperich (Dutch slaperig), = Old High German slâfarag (Middle High German slâf-, slæfric, German schlafrig).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsleepery.
northern and Scottish. Now rare.
1. Inducing sleep; soporiferous; characterized by a tendency to sleep. Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > causing or inducing sleep
sleepingc1369
sleepy1398
lullingc1440
somnolentc1475
sleepery1513
sleeprife1513
narcotic1526
opiate1543
breed-sleep1582
somnoriferous1583
drowsy1590
dormitive1593
soporiferous1601
somniferous1602
sleep-bringing1605
dormitary1609
hypnotic1625
dormitory1631
papaverous1646
dormant1654
hypnotical1657
somnifyinga1661
sleepifying1662
slumberous1667
soporific1690
somnific1721
somniculous1820
somnorific1865
soporous1866
drowsing1881
narcoleptic1984
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid v. xiv. 52 This god smat baith his tymplis twane With a full slepry..grane.
1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 4v A slouggish or slepery disease.
2. Of persons: Inclined to sleep; sleepy.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [adjective]
winkinga1000
slummy?c1225
anappedc1300
sleepya1325
heavy1382
slumberyc1386
sleepful1398
peisant1484
slumberous1495
drowsy1530
sleepish1530
sleepery1535
slumberinga1538
somnolent1547
heavy-headed1552
drowsy-headed1576
narrow-eyed1607
soporiferous1607
oscitant1625
nodding1631
Morphean1641
dormious1656
somniculous1656
dozed1659
drowsed1667
peeping1673
dozy1693
peepy1699
somniferous1798
noddy1801
dozing1820
head-nodding1832
snory1837
soporific1841
somnolescent1845
swodder1847
adrowse1848
snoozy1877
slumbersome1884
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. v. F There is not one faynt nor feble amonge them, no not a slogish nor slepery parsone.
1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. B3 Ȝe sulde nocht chuse, vnto that cure..No sleprie hird.
1606 W. Arthur & H. Charteris Rollock's Lect. 1st & 2nd Epist. Paul to Thessalonians (1 Thess.) xi. 127 Of all sorts of men in the world a slipprie pastor, a carelesse man in the ministrie, is the worst.
1802 in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border I. 186 Sleep'ry Sim of the Lamb-hill,..my wae wakens na you.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. iii. 33 If you..are not very sleepry.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Sleepery, sleepy, drowsy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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