inclination to sleep

  • 1Somnolent — 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… …

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  • 2Doziness — Doz i*ness, n. The state of being dozy; drowsiness; inclination to sleep. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3Somnolence — Som no*lence, Somnolency Som no*len*cy, n. [L. somnolentia: cf. F. somnolence.] Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4Somnolency — Somnolence Som no*lence, Somnolency Som no*len*cy, n. [L. somnolentia: cf. F. somnolence.] Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 5Illya Darling — Infobox Musical name= Illya Darling subtitle= caption= Original Cast Recording music= Manos Hadjidakis lyrics= Joe Darion book= Jules Dassin basis= Jules Dassin s film Never on Sunday productions= 1967 Broadway awards= Illya Darling is a musical… …

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  • 6Gaius Furnius (Tribune) — Gaius Furnius was tribune of the plebs in 50 BCE (Cic. ad Att. v. 2, 18), and a friend and correspondent of Cicero. ( Ad Fam. x. 25, 26.) Cicero trusted to the exertions of Furnius, while tribune, to obtain for him his recall at the end of his… …

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  • 7drowsiness — A state of impaired awareness associated with a desire or inclination to sleep …

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  • 8somnolence, somnolency — 1. An inclination to sleep. SYN: sleepiness. 2. A condition of obtusion. SYN: somnolentia (1). [L. somnolentia] …

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  • 9sleepiness — n. Drowsiness, somnolence, doziness, inclination to sleep …

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  • 10narcotism — /ˈnakətɪzəm/ (say nahkuhtizuhm) noun 1. the habit of taking narcotics. 2. the action or influence of narcotics. 3. → narcosis. 4. an abnormal inclination to sleep …