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Definition: Slumberous |
SlumberousAdjective1. Quiet and tranquil; "a slumberous June morning". 2. Inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had a a somnolent effect". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "slumberous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1817. (references) |
Synonyms: SlumberousSynonyms: slumbery (adj), slumbrous (adj), somnolent (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Slumberous |
| English words defined with "slumberous": slumbrous. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I too felt a slumberous influence after watching him half an hour, as he sat thus with his eyes half open, like a cat, winged brother of the cat. |
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| Language | Translations for "slumberous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i përgjumur (asleep, dopey, dopy, dormant, dozy, drowsy, lethargic, sleepy, somnolent, soporific), gjumëndjellës (hypnotic, sleeping draught, somniferous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сънлив (dozy, drowsy, lethargic, poppied, sleepy, somnolent), задрямал, приспивен (sleepy, somnolent), дремлив (drowsy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ospalý (dopey, dozy, drowsy, languorous, nappy, sleepy, somnolent, soporific). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | somnolent (sleepy, slumbering, slumberously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schläfrig (dozy, drowsy, languorous, lethargic, lethargically, sleepily, sleepy, slumbrous, somnolent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | νυστάζων (sleepy, somnolent), νυσταλέοσ (sleepy, yawny). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ר"ום (drowsy, lethargic, sleepy, somnolent, soporose), מ מ י (drowsy, sleepy, slumbery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | alvó (asleep, dormant, sleeper, sleeping, slumberer, slumbery), szendergő (slumberer, slumbery), altató (drowsy, narcotic, sedative, sleeping pill, sleeping-draught, sleeping-pill, slumbery, soporific), álomtól elnehezedett (slumbery), álomba merítő (slumbery), álomba merült (slumbery, to go off to sleep), álmosító (drowsy, sleepy, slumbery, somniferous, somnolent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | assonnato (drowsy, sleepy, slumberously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | umberousslay sonolento (dormant, dozy, drowsy, poppied, sleepy, somnolent), entorpecido (numb, rusty, stupid, torpid), adormecido (asleep, numb, sleeper, sleeping, torpid). (various references) somnoros (dozy, drowsily, drowsy, drowsyhead, sleepily, sleepy, sleepyhead). (various references) сонный (dozy, drowsy, heavy-headed, poppied, sleepy, slumbery, slumbrous, snoozy, somnolent). (various references) sanjiv (dozy, nappy, sleepy). (various references) soñoliento (dozy, drab, drowsy, drowsy-head, sleepy, somnolent), inactivo (deedless, dormant, dull, inactive, quiescent, sluggish, stagnant, static). (various references) sömnig (dozy, drowsy, languorous, sleepy, somnolent). (various references) ซึ่งงีบหลับ (napped, slumbrous). (various references) uyuyan (asleep, dormant, sleeping), uyuklayan (napping, somnolent), uykucu (a great sleeper, sleeper, sluggard), pinekleyen. (various references) заколисливий (drowsy, slumbrous, somnolent, yawny), дрімотний (dozy, dumb, slumbery, slumbrous), дрімливий (slumbrous). (various references) vừa thức vừa ngủ (slumbrous), mơ mơ m ng m ng l m bu"n ngủ lặng lẽ (slumbrous), bình lặng (slumbrous), êm đềm (calm, pleasant, slumbrous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "slumberous" (pronounced 'Slum"ber*ous'): Abdominous, Abiogenous, Ablatitious, Abnormous, Absentaneous, Absonous, Abstemious, Abstentious, Abstractitious, Acanthaceous, Acanthocarpous, Acanthocephalous, Acanthophorous, Acanthopodious, Acanthopterous, Acanthopterygious, Acarpellous, Acarpous, Acclivitous, Acclivous, Acephalous, Acetabuliferous, Acetarious, Acetous, Achilous, Achlamydeous, Acholous, Achromatous, Achroous, Achylous, Achymous, Acidiferous, Acidulous, Acinaceous, Acotyledonous, Acrimonious, Acrocarpous, Acrogenous, Acronyctous, Acrosporous, Acrotomous, Actinophorous, Aculeous, Acuminous, Addititious, Adelphous, Adenophorous, Adenophyllous, Adenous, Adiaphorous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-l-m-o-r-s-s-u-u" | |
-1 letter: slumbrous. | |
-2 letters: slumbers, suberous, subrules. | |
-3 letters: blouses, boluses, bourses, brumous, embolus, emulous, lumbers, morsels, mousers, roubles, rumbles, slumber, subrule, subsume. | |
-4 letters: besoms, blouse, blumes, boules, bourse, bouses, bromes, broses, brumes, burses, emboss, lemurs, lessor, losers, louses, lumber, morels, morsel, mosser, mouser, mouses, mousse, musers, mussel, obelus, oleums, ombers, ombres, ousels, robles, rouble, rouses, rubles. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6C 75 6D 62 65 72 6F 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .-.. ..- -- -... . .-. --- ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101100 01110101 01101101 01100010 01100101 01110010 01101111 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S l u m b e r o u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006C 0075 006D 0062 0065 0072 006F 0075 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53788779687184818785 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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