slumbrous

English

Adjective

slumbrous (comparative more slumbrous, superlative most slumbrous)

1. Alternative form of slumberous
   • 1794, William Blake, Introduction (Songs of Experience), lines 13-14-15

     Night is worn,

     And the morn

     Rises from the slumbrous mass.

   • 1935, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Blandings Castle', Herbert Jenkins, 1957, page 179.

     When she had entered his employment a few days before, he had noticed, of course, that she had a sort of ethereal beauty; but then every girl you see in Hollywood has either ethereal beauty or roguish gaminerie or a dark, slumbrous face that hints at hidden passion.

Derived terms

• slumbrously
• slumbrousness