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som·no·lent \-lənt\ adjective Etymology: Middle English sompnolent, from Middle French from Latin somnolentus, from somnus sleep; akin to Old English swefn dream, sleep, Old High German intswebben to put to sleep, Old Norse svefn dream, sleep, Greek hypnos sleep, Sanskrit svapna 1. : tending to induce drowsiness or sleepiness < the sound had a somnolent effect > 2. a. : inclined to sleep : heavy with sleep : drowsy, sleepy < fasting and watching had made him more than usually somnolent — R.H.Barham > b. : marked by sleepiness, drowsiness, or slowness < the somnolent river scene > < a somnolent country village > |