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somniculous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
som-nicu-lous
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

drowsy; sleepy.

Obsolete

Etymology

Latin somniculosus.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more somniculous (comparative) most somniculous (superlative)

Synonyms

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

Questions

What does somniculous mean?
drowsy; sleepy.
Where does somniculous come from?
Latin somniculosus.

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