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Slumbrous

Definition: Slumbrous

Slumbrous

Adjective

1. 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 "slumbrous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references)


Synonyms: Slumbrous

Synonyms: slumberous (adj), slumbery (adj), somnolent (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Slumbrous

English words defined with "slumbrous": slumberous, slumbery, somnolent. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Slumbrous

"Slumbrous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Slumbrous" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Slumbrous

Language Translations for "slumbrous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

schläfrig (dozy, drowsy, languorous, lethargic, lethargically, sleepily, sleepy, slumberous, somnolent), einschläfernd (lulling to sleep, monotonous, slumberous, somniferous, somnolent, soporific, soporifically), einlullend (lulling, slumberous). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

umbrousslay

   

Russian 

  

сонный (dozy, drowsy, heavy-headed, poppied, sleepy, slumberous, slumbery, snoozy, somnolent). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ซึ่งงีบหลับ (napped, slumberous). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

заколисливий (drowsy, slumberous, somnolent, yawny), дрімотний (dozy, dumb, slumberous, slumbery), дрімливий (slumberous). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

vừa thức vừa ngủ (slumberous), mơ mơ m ng m ng l m bu"n ngủ lặng lẽ (slumberous), bình lặng (slumberous), êm đềm (calm, pleasant, slumberous). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Slumbrous"

Words rhyming with "slumbrous" (pronounced 'Slum"brous'): Crebrous, Cumbrous, fibrous, Glabrous, scabrous, Sombrous, Subfibrous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Slumbrous

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-l-m-o-r-s-s-u-u"

-2 letters: brumous.

-3 letters: slurbs, solums.

-4 letters: blurs, bolus, burls, lours, lusus, rubus, slobs, slubs, slums, slurb, slurs, solum, solus, sorbs, sorus, souls, sours, sulus, sumos, umbos.

-5 letters: blur, boss, bros, bums, burl, burs, buss, lobs, loss, lour, lums, mobs, mols, mors, moss, muss, orbs, ours, robs, roms, rubs, rums, slob, slub, slum, slur, sobs, sols.

 Words containing the letters "b-l-m-o-r-s-s-u-u"
 

+1 letter: slumberous.

 

+4 letters: rumbustiously.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Slumbrous


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6C 75 6D 62 72 6F 75 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    .-..    ..-    --    -...    .-.    ---    ..-    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101100 01110101 01101101 01100010 01110010 01101111 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#108 &#117 &#109 &#98 &#114 &#111 &#117 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006C 0075 006D 0062 0072 006F 0075 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

537887796884818785

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage Frequency
5. Translations: Modern
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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