somnolencyn.
= somnolence n.
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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
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Somnolencie, sleepinesse.
1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 141 Symptoms of somnolency begin to discover themselves.
1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 285 It affects the head, prevents somnolency.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 218 Prolonged nausea, and retching, interrupted only by intervals of dreamy delirious somnolency.
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