a. [f. SOMNOLENT a.: see -ESCENT.] Drowsy, sleepy; inert.

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1845.  Ford, Handbk. Spain, II. 725. Somnolescent over business and awake only to intrigue.

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1886.  Encycl. Brit., XX. 201/1. The animal … lies there in a somnolescent state for perhaps hours.

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