Word Meanings - SLUMBERY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Sleepy. Chaucer.

Related words: (words related to SLUMBERY)

• SLEEPY
  1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. Shak. She waked her sleepy crew. Dryden. 2. Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion. Chaucer. 3. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. Shak. 'Tis not sleepy business;
• SLEEPYHEAD
  The ruddy duck. (more info) 1. A sleepy person. To bed, to bed, says Sleepyhead. Mother Goose.