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单词 somnolence
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somnolencen.

Brit. /ˈsɒmnələns/, /ˈsɒmnəln̩s/, U.S. /ˈsɑmnələns/
Forms: Also Middle English–1500s sompnolence.
Etymology: < Old French sompnolence (modern French somnolence , = Spanish somnolencia , Portuguese so(m)nolencia , Italian sonnolenza ), or < Latin somnolentia (medieval Latin sompnolencia ), < somnolentus : see somnolent adj. and n.
Inclination to sleep; sleepiness, drowsiness.
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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
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [noun] > personified
somnolencec1386
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋705 Than comth Sompnolence, þat is sluggy slombryng.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 94 That I no Sompnolence have used.
c1425 Orolog. Sapient. iii, in Anglia X. 349/32 Wolte þou be ouerlayde with sompnolence and ydelnesse.
c1475 Partenay 4616 Ho-so do slepe..in sompnolence there, Alway perpetuall there abide shall he.
1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xix. sig. J.ivv Onyons doth prouoke a man..to sompnolence.
1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1841 W. C. Dendy Philos. Mystery 367 Somnolence.—Trance.—Catalepsy.1862 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VII. lxvi. 468 The dignified somnolence of an old-fashioned city like Athens.1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. ii. 30 The people had dined, and the usual somnolence had followed.personif.1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 92 Ther is yit on of compaignie, And he is cleped Sompnolence.
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