- somnolent som·no·lent adj
- ['sɒmnələnt]
liter sonnolento (-a)
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
somnolent som·no·lent adj
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somnolent — som•no•lent [[t]ˈsɒm nə lənt[/t]] adj. 1) sleepy; drowsy 2) pha tending to cause sleep • Etymology: 1425–75; late ME sompnolent < OF < L somnolentus, der. of somnus sleep som′no•lence, n. som′no•lent•ly, adv … From formal English to slang
somnolent — som|no|lent [ˈsɔmnələnt US ˈsa:m ] adj literary [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: Latin somnolentus, from somnus sleep ] 1.) almost starting to sleep ▪ He lay quiet, somnolent after the day s exertions. 2.) making you want to sleep ▪ a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Somnolent — Sleepy or tending to cause sleep. Somnolent came from French. It descends from the Latin somnus meaning sleep. Also descended from somnus are somnambulism (sleepwalking) and insomnia (the inability to sleep.) * * * 1. Drowsy; sleepy; having an… … Medical dictionary
