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dormant

adj
/ˈdɔɹmənt/US/ˈdɔːmənt/UK

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormiēns, present participle of dormiō (“to sleep”).

  1. derived from dormiēns

Definitions

  1. Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.

    • Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again.
    • The bank account was dormant; there had been no transactions in months.
    • This volcano is dormant but not extinct.

  2. In a sleeping posture

    In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.

    • a lion dormant

  3. Leaning.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A crossbeam or joist.

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Derived

antidormant, dormantly, dormantory, dormant volcano, dormant window, ecodormant, endodormant, hyperdormant, nondormant, paradormant, quasidormant, semidormant, superdormant, undormant

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA