somnolence (n.)
"sleepiness, drowsiness," late 14c., from Old French sompnolence (14c.), from Latin somnolentia "sleepiness," from somnolentus, from somnus "sleep" (from PIE root *swep- "to sleep"). Related: Somnolency.
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Definitions of somnolence from WordNet
somnolence (n.)
a very sleepy state;
Synonyms: sleepiness / drowsiness
Dictionary entries near somnolence
somnambulation
somnambulism
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somniferous
somniloquy
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