sleepish

English

Etymology

sleep +‎ -ish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsliːpɪʃ/
• Rhymes: -iːpɪʃ

Adjective

sleepish (comparative more sleepish, superlative most sleepish)

1. sleepy; drowsy
   • 1633, Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], Loues Sacrifice. A Tragedie […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Hugh Beeston, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     One, my lord, that doth so palpably, so apparently make her adulteries a trophy, whiles the poting-stick to her unsatiate goatish abomination jeers at, and flouts your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security.

   • 2010, Brenda Croan, Hidden in a Pillow:

     She answered the telephone with a sleepish sounding voice, since she wasn't fully awake yet.