† slumbernessn.
Obsolete.
Sleepiness, somnolence; sloth, indolence.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [noun]
somnolencec1386
sleepingness1398
slumberness1495
sleepiness1580
soporiferousness1598
somnolency1623
dozedness1671
doziness1679
swother?c1730
sleepfulness1818
somnolescence1831
sleepy-headiness1841
slumberousness1842
nappishness1851
sleepy-headedness1884
snooziness1887
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) vii. xxxii. 246 Of quakinge of the herte kynde heete fayllyth and therof bredeth slombrenesse and slouthe.
?1529 Proper Dyaloge Gentillman & Husbandman sig. C vii Parsones, vicaries, þat ben slepers in lustes of þe flesshe and in slomebernes.
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