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  • 51sneud(h)-1 —     sneud(h) 1     English meaning: drowsy, to drowse     Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schläfrig, schlummern”     Note: perhaps to sneudh 2.     Material: Gk. νυστάζω ‘sleep; bin sleepy, careless, neglectful”, νύσταλος, λέος “ sleepy “; Lith. snáudžiu …

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  • 52dope off — verb change from a waking to a sleeping state he always falls asleep during lectures • Syn: ↑fall asleep, ↑flake out, ↑drift off, ↑nod off, ↑drop off, ↑doze off, ↑drowse off …

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  • 53дрыхать — дрыхнуть (Чехов), словен. drihati, drȋham спать . Возм., к др. инд. drāti, drāyatē спит и далее – к дремать; см. Ильинский, ИОРЯС 20, 3, 74 и сл.; Горяев, ЭС 96 и сл. Э. Леви (в письме) приводит сравнение с др. англ. drûsian лениться,… …

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  • 54Doze — Doze, n. A light sleep; a drowse. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 55Drearier — Dreary Drear y (dr[=e]r [y^]), a. [Compar. {Drearier}; superl. {Dreariest}.] [OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dre[ o]rig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dre[ o]san to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf. {Dross}, {Drear}, {Drizzle}, {Drowse}.] 1.… …

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  • 56Dreariest — Dreary Drear y (dr[=e]r [y^]), a. [Compar. {Drearier}; superl. {Dreariest}.] [OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dre[ o]rig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dre[ o]san to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf. {Dross}, {Drear}, {Drizzle}, {Drowse}.] 1.… …

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  • 57Dreary — Drear y (dr[=e]r [y^]), a. [Compar. {Drearier}; superl. {Dreariest}.] [OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dre[ o]rig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dre[ o]san to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf. {Dross}, {Drear}, {Drizzle}, {Drowse}.] 1. Sorrowful;… …

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  • 58Drowsier — Drowsy Drow sy, a. [Compar. {Drowsier}; superl. {Drowsiest}.] 1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. When I am drowsy. Shak. [1913 Webster] Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak. [1913 Webster] To our age s… …

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  • 59Drowsiest — Drowsy Drow sy, a. [Compar. {Drowsier}; superl. {Drowsiest}.] 1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. When I am drowsy. Shak. [1913 Webster] Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak. [1913 Webster] To our age s… …

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  • 60Drowsy — Drow sy, a. [Compar. {Drowsier}; superl. {Drowsiest}.] 1. Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness; lethargic; dozy. When I am drowsy. Shak. [1913 Webster] Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak. [1913 Webster] To our age s drowsy… …

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