slumberingn.
/ˈslʌmbərɪŋ/ a. The state, condition, or fact of being in a slumber; sleeping; sleep.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > action, fact, or state of sleeping or falling asleep
sleeping1362
slumberingc1386
obdormition1634
slumberingness1648
dossing1838
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋705 Thanne cometh Sompnolence, that is, sloggy slombrynge, which maketh a man be heuy and dul, in body and in soule.
a1400 Gaw. & Gr. Kt. 1182 As in slomeryng he slode, sleȝly he herde A littel dyn at his dor.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1913) II. l. 12364 He ne slepte..Tyl that lady was fallen jn Slombring.
1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) xvi. sig. Div/2 Whan nede drew hem to slombryng, or slepe.
1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 30 Whylis I stode musynge.., In slumbrynge I fell and halfe in a slepe.
1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iii. sig. I2v For in vnquiet, quietnes is faind: And slumbring is a common worldly wile.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xxxii. 196 A man..not having well observed his own slumbering.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. xiv. 212 By slumbering and sluggarding, over their money-tills.
b. An instance or occasion of this; a slumber or slumberous condition; a sleep.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > an instance or period of
sleepc1175
slumberingc1374
slumber?a1400
slaughtc1400
somniation1598
go-down1683
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 67 Ever lay Pandare a bedde, half in a slomeringe.
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 246 Whan he fil in any slomeringes.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) lxx. 324 Þer com vpon him such a slombring, that..he most nedis slepe.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur v. iv. 165 As the kyng laye in his caban in the shyp he fyll in a slomerynge.
1611 Bible (King James) Job xxxiii. 15 In slumbrings vpon the bed. View more context for this quotation
Compounds
attributive, as slumbering bed, slumbering cup, slumbering posture, etc.
ΚΠ
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. li. D Thou that hast..sucked out the slombringe cuppe to the botome.
1581 J. Derricke Image Irelande ii. sig. Eivv And other some to stiffle quight, in slumbryng bedde that lyes.
1595 R. Barnfield Cassandra xxxii, in Cynthia sig. D8 Heerewith awaking from her slumbring sleepe.
1825 W. Scott Talisman ii, in Tales Crusaders IV. 24 Rising from his slumbering posture.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
slumberingadj.
1.
a. That slumbers or is asleep; dozing.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > asleep > lightly or half-asleep
slumbering1390
connivent1644
nappinga1650
snoozing1836
semisomnous1873
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 103 With mochel wo..His slombrende yhen he upcaste.
a1771 T. Gray Fragm. Hymn to Ignorance 176 in Poems (1775) ii Do'st thou..Still stretch..The massy sceptre o'er thy slumb'ring line?
1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. iii, in Poems 127 Th' expecting People view'd their slumbering Priest.
1817 Ld. Byron Manfred ii. iv. 51 I have..Startled the slumbering birds from the hush'd boughs.
1895 H. Maxwell Duke of Brit. i. 4 We stroll through the slumbering camp.
b. Marked or characterized by slumber; idle, indolent; drowsy.
ΘΚΠ
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
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 3 For the mayntenance of theyr idul & slomeryng lyfe.
1737 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 567/1 Sprightly I start, and free from slumb'ring yawn, Leave the soft bed.
1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 774 Her, whose winking eye And slumb'ring oscitancy mars the brood.
2. Quiet, peaceful; calm, still, motionless.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [adjective]
stillc1275
coyc1330
restful1340
quieta1382
peaceablec1384
peacefula1400
undisturbleda1400
somec1460
quietous1528
reposeda1533
unnoyed1543
calma1568
halcyon1570
calmya1586
quietsome1595
halcyonian1602
undisturbeda1610
halcedonian1611
tranquila1616
tranquillous1638
slumbering1645
halcydon1648
smooth1757
slumberous1765
stilly1776
sleeping1785
unfrenzied1805
Sabbath-like1824
unbustling1826
eddyless1862
restinga1865
pacific1865
Sabbatismal1881
1645 J. Milton Arcades in Poems 54 Ere the odorous breath of morn Awakes the slumbring leaves.
1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 32 Oft list'ning how the Hounds and horn, Chearly rouse the slumbring morn.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. v. 78 When..slumbering ocean faint and fainter glows.
1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. vi. 182 An influence, from the silent sky and slumbering fields.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 161 At no great distance lay the slumbering sea-lake.
3. Dormant, inoperative, quiescent; torpid.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > [adjective]
undiscurrent1509
idlec1522
sleepinga1538
silent1583
unactive1599
passive1604
quiescent1605
torpid1613
quieta1616
inactive1641
actionless1645
slumbering1706
slumberous1809
non-acting1838
supine1843
1706 N. Rowe Ulysses ii. i And thou Revenge! Shoot all thy Fires, and wake my slumb'ring Rage.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. iii. 57 When Montoni absolutely refused it, her slumbering mind was roused.
1814 Ld. Byron Corsair i. xi. 15 The slumbering venom of the folded snake.
1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) II. 223 In Franconia the slumbering fires of discontent burst forth.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 195 Its shape led hardly any one to suspect that the mountain was a slumbering volcano.
Derivatives
ˈslumberingly adv. rare in a slumbering manner.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adverb]
asleep1154
slumberingly1647
off1852
undera1936
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. Slumberingly, sluymachtighlick.
1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Slumberingly. [Hence in later Dicts.]
ˈslumberingness n. rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > action, fact, or state of sleeping or falling asleep
sleeping1362
slumberingc1386
obdormition1634
slumberingness1648
dossing1838
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Vaeckerigheydt, sleepienesse, Slumbringnesse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
<
n.c1374
adj.1390