Definition of Somnalent
Som"no*lent (?), a. [F.
somnolent, L. somnolentus, from somnus sleep,
akin to Gr. &?;, Skr. svapna sleep, dream, svap to
sleep, Icel. sofa, AS. swefn sleep. Cf.
Hypnotic, Somnambulism, Soporific.] Sleepy;
drowsy; inclined to sleep. -- Som"no*lent*ly,
adv.
He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a
somnolent want of interest in them. De
Quincey.
Som"no*lent (?), a. [F.
somnolent, L. somnolentus, from somnus sleep,
akin to Gr. &?;, Skr. svapna sleep, dream, svap to
sleep, Icel. sofa, AS. swefn sleep. Cf.
Hypnotic, Somnambulism, Soporific.] Sleepy;
drowsy; inclined to sleep. -- Som"no*lent*ly,
adv.
He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a
somnolent want of interest in them. De
Quincey.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- drowsy or sleepy
- tending to cause sleepiness; soporific
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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