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Definition of Somnolent
1. Adjective. Inclined to or marked by drowsiness. "The sound had a somnolent effect"
Similar to: Asleep
Derivative terms: Slumber, Somnolence
Definition of Somnolent
1. a. Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep.
Definition of Somnolent
1. Adjective. Drowsy or sleepy. ¹
2. Adjective. (dated) Causing literal or figurative sleepiness; soporific. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Somnolent
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Somnolent
1. 1. Drowsy; sleepy; having an inclination to sleep. 2. In a condition of incomplete sleep; semicomatose. Origin: L. Somnus, sleep (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Somnolent
Literary usage of Somnolent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Godey's Magazine by Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1895)
"Enter the Bradley box stupid Bradshaw, with his spindle shanks and somnolent
English drawl. The perspective is cut off. •His trunk?" Sibyl. [Aside. ..."
2. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1919)
"somnolent DISORDERS OF SLEEP. Narcolepsy is a condition in which the patient
repeatedly goes to sleep during the dav. The tendency is irresistible, ..."
3. Peerless Alaska, Our Cache Near the Pole by Charles Hallock, George G. Cantwell (1908)
"SITKA somnolent.* It is a " great day" for sleepy Sitka when the steamer comes
up to her wharf and makes fast. The whole town rubs its eyes and turns out. ..."
4. Nervous and Mental Diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1914)
"somnolent DISORDERS OF SLEEP. The second group of sleep disorders comprises those
marked by somnolence, or by an irresistible tendency to sleep. ..."
5. Nervous and mental diseases by Archibald Church, Frederick Peterson (1911)
"... and the five remaining cases were much improved. In sonic cases the first
douche had the necessary eflect, and the mind remained on guard. somnolent ..."
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