Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sleepful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sleep-ful
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

very sleepy; strongly wanting or needing to sleep

adj

Marked by sleep

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English slepeful, slepful, equivalent to sleep + -ful.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more sleepful (comparative) most sleepful (superlative)

Derived Forms

sleepfully sleepfulness unsleepful

Synonyms

hypersomnolent nodding off adrowse bedroomy dozy dopey dragging one's tail drowsy eyelids at half-mast oscitant out of steam sleepbound

Questions

What does sleepful mean?
very sleepy; strongly wanting or needing to sleep
Where does sleepful come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce sleepful

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