Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slumbrous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: slum-brous
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of slumberous.

Example Sentences

"Night is worn, And the morn Rises from the slumbrous mass."
"1935, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Blandings Castle', Herbert Jenkins, 1957, page 179. When she had entered his employment a few days before, he had noticed, of course, that she had a sort of ethereal beauty; but then every girl you see in Hollywood has either ethereal beauty or roguish gaminerie or a dark, slumbrous face that hints at hidden passion."

Inflected Forms

more slumbrous (comparative) most slumbrous (superlative)

Derived Forms

slumbrously slumbrousness unslumbrous

Synonyms

slumberous slumbery somnolent

Questions

What does slumbrous mean?: Alternative form of slumberous.

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