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sleepy

UK/ˈsliːpi/ US/ˈslipi/ fairly common informal

adjective

1.

ready to fall asleep

  • “beginning to feel sleepy”
  • “a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids”
  • “sleepyheaded students”
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Origin

From Middle English slepy, from Old English *slǣpiġ (attested in unslǣpiġ (“sleepless”)), from Proto-West Germanic *slāpag (“sleepy”), equivalent to sleep + -y.

Phrases

  • sleepy catchfly
  • sleepy cod
  • sleepy crab
  • sleepy distemper
  • sleepy dust
  • sleepy goby
  • sleepy head
  • Sleepy Hollow

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