Word Of The Day: Somnolent

Somnolent

adjective SAHM-nuh-lunt

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Definition

1 : of a kind likely to induce sleep
2 a : inclined to or heavy with sleep : drowsy
b : sleepy

Examples

"George, a somnolent ginger [cat] curled in an orange felt bed, was sleeping through the overtures of Molly Flanagan…." — Penelope Green, The New York Times, 6 Nov. 2015

"Traditionally, Bordeaux had turned its back on its tourists. Sooty and somnolent, it was an insular place where the streets were clogged with traffic and shutters snapped closed on weekends." — Suzanne Mustacich, Wine Spectator, 31 Mar. 2012