Definition of SOMNOLENT (Meaning of SOMNOLENT), a 9 Letter Word

Pronunciation:		'sâmnulunt


WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[adj] inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had a a somnolent effect"

SOMNOLENT is a 9 letter word that starts with S.
	Synonyms:	asleep(p), slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Som"nolent\, 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"nolent*ly}, adv. He had no eye for such phenomens, because he had a somnolent want of interest in them. --De Quincey.