Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slumbersome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: slum-ber-some
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised or marked by slumber; sleepy.

Example Sentences

"Stimulus, or correction,— one hardly knows which to ask for first, as more salutary for our own slumbersome, yet so self-willed, northern temperaments."
"Flashing lights and sirens ring incredulously one slumber-some December night as baby is tucked in tight while mommy and daddy were going on like it was Saturday fight night."
"We can also stipulate that the imagining is done with great energy and concentration whereas the perceiving is slumbersome. It is unclear in what sense the former is supposed to be “more intense” than the latter."
"He was sitting on the shore, his back against a rock, and slipping into such a slumbersome frame of mind that he nearly fell asleep."

Etymology

From slumber + -some.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: slumber

Inflected Forms

more slumbersome (comparative) most slumbersome (superlative) slumber-some (alternative)

Synonyms

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

Questions

What does slumbersome mean?: Characterised or marked by slumber; sleepy.
Where does slumbersome come from?: From slumber + -some.

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