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slumber.

A very light state of sleep, almost awake.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈslʌm.bə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈslʌm.bɚ/General-American/ˈslʊm.bə/Northern-England

  1. A very light state of sleep, almost awake.

  2. A very light state of sleep, almost awake. A very heavy state of sleep.

    broadly

  3. A state of ignorance or inaction.

    figuratively

  4. The snooze button on an alarm clock.

    rare
Where this word comes from

From Middle English slombren, slomren, frequentative of Middle English slummen, slumen (“to doze”), probably from Middle English slume (“slumber”), from Old English slūma, from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“slack, loose, limp, flabby”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“loose, limp, flabby”). Cognate with West Frisian slommerje, slûmerje (“to slumber”), Dutch sluimeren (“to slumber”), German schlummern (“to slumber, doze”), Swedish slummer (“to slumber”). By surface analysis, sloom + -er.

verb/ˈslʌm.bə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈslʌm.bɚ/General-American/ˈslʊm.bə/Northern-England

  1. To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake.

    intransitive

  2. To be inactive or negligent.

    intransitive

  3. To lay to sleep.

    obsolete · transitive

  4. To stun; to stupefy.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English slombren, slomren, frequentative of Middle English slummen, slumen (“to doze”), probably from Middle English slume (“slumber”), from Old English slūma, from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“slack, loose, limp, flabby”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“loose, limp, flabby”). Cognate with West Frisian slommerje, slûmerje (“to slumber”), Dutch sluimeren (“to slumber”), German schlummern (“to slumber, doze”), Swedish slummer (“to slumber”). By surface analysis, sloom + -er.

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