Slumberous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slumberous \Slum"ber*ous\, a.
     1. Inviting slumber; soporiferous. "Pensive in the slumberous
        shade." --Pope.
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     2. Being in the repose of slumber; sleepy; drowsy.


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              His quiet and almost slumberous countenance.
                                                    --Hawthorne.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slumberous
       adj 1: quiet and tranquil; "a slumberous June morning" [syn: {slumbrous}]
       2: inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or
          slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had
          a a somnolent effect" [syn: {slumbery}, {slumbrous}, {somnolent}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "slumberous":
     comatose, dopey, dozy, drowsy, heavy, hebetudinous, hypnotic,
     narcotic, nodding, opiate, sluggish, snoozy, somnifacient,
     somniferous, somnolent, soporific, stupid, torpid