Category:Somnolent

Som"no*lent, a. Etym: [f. somnolent, l. somnolentus, from somnus Sleep, akin to gr. svapna sleep, dream, svap to sleep, icel. sofa, As. swefn sleep. Cf. Hypnotic, somnambulism, soporific.]

Defn: sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep. -- som"no*lent*ly, adv. He had no eye for such phenomens, because he had a somnolent want of Interest in them. De quincey.