somnolence

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.1.2 Translations 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.3 Quotations

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[edit] Noun

somnolence (uncountable)

1. a state of drowsiness or sleepiness

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• hypersomnia

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[edit] Etymology

Latin somnus, sleep

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somnolence f. (plural somnolences)

1. sleepiness

[edit] Quotations

1. • 1912, Pierre Loti, Un pèlerin d'Angkor

     Et puis, surtout, midi approche, avec sa lassitude, avec son invincible somnolence.