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sleepy (adj.)
early 13c. from sleep (n.) + -y (2). Perhaps in Old English but not recorded. Old English had slæpor, slæpwerig in the sense "sleepy;" slæpnes "sleepiness." Similar formation in Old High German slafag. Of places, from 1851 (Irving's Sleepy Hollow is from 1820). Sleepy-head is from 1570s. Related: Sleepily; sleepiness.
updated on April 03, 2014
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Definitions of sleepy from WordNet
Dictionary entries near sleepy
sleep
sleeper
sleeping
sleepless
sleep-over
sleepy
sleet
sleeve
sleeveless
*sleg-
sleigh