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- noun
Drowsiness ,tending tosleep
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Examples
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It's always reminded me of Brigadoon, that mythical kingdom that comes to life once ev ery hundred years, only to lapse into somnolescence.
On School Days, 45 Minutes of Brigadoon Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010
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"Mr. Dellogg's death," said Mr. Twist, deciding it was necessary at once to wake them up out of the kind of happy somnolescence they seemed to be falling into, "has of course completely changed --"
Christopher and Columbus Elizabeth von Arnim 1903
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"Turn out of that, you lazy lump of plethoric somnolescence," whack!
Hudson Bay 1859
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The reason there were many men sprawled out in the hallway in various states of somnolescence was not that they did not care: It was regarded as a cold night, so they didn't stop when all the beds were filled: they found a place to bring a man in off the streets since the weather was supposed to get down to freezing temperatures again that night.
Just Like (a) Human 2009
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