sleepful
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English slepeful, slepful, equivalent to sleep + -ful.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sleepful (comparative more sleepful, superlative most sleepful)
- very sleepy; strongly wanting or needing to sleep
- 2019, William Le Queux, Zoraida: A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara:
- Everything sleepful. Shoemakers and embroiderers who had ceased work were dozing in their little dens, and as I trudged wearily onward, […]
- Marked by sleep
- a sleepful night
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “sleepful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.