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sloom.

A gentle sleep; slumber.

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Meaning & usage

noun/sluːm/
  1. A gentle sleep; slumber.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English *sloume, sloumbe, slume, from Old English sluma (“sleep, slumber”), from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“to be slack, loose, or limp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“limp, flabby”). Compare slumber and Dutch sloom.

verb/sluːm/
  1. To sleep lightly, to doze, to nod; to be half-asleep.

    Scotland
  2. To soften or rot with damp. (of plants or soil)

Where this word comes from

From Middle English slumen, slummen, from Old English *slūmian (“to slumber, sleep gently”), from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“to be slack, loose, or limp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“limp, flabby”).

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