somnolent
som·no·lent
adjective
1.
inclined to or marked by drowsiness
- “slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes”
- “slumbery”
- “;”
Origin
First attested in 1615. Borrowed from French somnolent, from Old French sompnolent, from Latin somnolentus, from somnus (“sleep”).
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