the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep; sluggishness.
n. In pathology, a state intermediate between sleeping and waking.
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n. a very sleepy state
Word Usage
"Though the movie is endeavoring to rouse the youth of a nation out of some kind of somnolence, it still adheres to a retrograde movie morality out of 30s-era Hollywood."