somnolent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite inclined to or marked by drowsiness
    slumbery; slumbrous; slumberous.
    • slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes
    • `slumbery' is archaic
    • the sound had a somnolent effect

WordNet

Som"no*lent adjective
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913