somnolent

adj.

1. Drowsy; sleepy.
2. Inducing or tending to induce sleep; soporific.

[Middle English sompnolent, from Old French, from Latin somnolentus : somnus, sleep + -olentus, abounding in.]

somnolently som'no·lent·ly adv.

(SOM-nuh-lent)

adjective
1. Sleepy; drowsy.
2. Sleep-inducing.

Etymology
From Latin somnus (sleep). Ultimately from the Indo-European root swep- (to sleep) that is also the source of insomnia, hypnosis, soporific (inducing sleep), and somnambulate (to walk in sleep)

Somnopathy, a variant of somnipathy, the word for a sleep disorder, has four consecutive letters from the alphabet.

Usage
"It is encouraging to see such curiosity from the traditionally somnolent panel." — The House Eyes the Swamp; The New York Times; Jul 2, 2009.

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adjective

1. Ready for or needing sleep: dozy, drowsy, nodding, sleepy, slumberous, slumbery, soporific. See awareness/unawareness.
2. Inducing sleep or sedation: hypnotic, narcotic, opiate, sedative, sleepy, slumberous, somnifacient, somniferous, somnific, soporific. See awareness/unawareness.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - søvnig, søvndyssende, døsig

Nederlands (Dutch)
slaperig, slaapverwekkend, saai

Français (French)
adj. - somnolent

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schläfrig, einschläfernd

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υπναλέος, νυσταλέος, κοιμήσικος

Italiano (Italian)
sonnolento

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sonolento (m)

Русский (Russian)
усыпляющий, сонный, дремлющий, сонливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - somnoliento, soñoliento

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - sömnig, dåsig, sövande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
想睡的, 催眠的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 想睡的, 催眠的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 졸린, 최면의, 잠이 오게 하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 眠けを催している, 眠い, 眠けを催させる, 催眠の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) منوم, نعسان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רדים, מנומנם, מרדים‬

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