sleepish

adj
/ˈsliːpɪʃ/

Etymology

From sleep + -ish.

  1. inherited from *slēpaną — “to sleep
  2. inherited from *slāpan
  3. inherited from slēpan
  4. inherited from slepen
  5. suffixed as sleepish — “sleep + ish

Definitions

  1. sleepy

    sleepy; drowsy

    • One, my lord, that doth so palpably, so apparently make her adulteries a trophy, whiles the poting-stick to her unsatiate goatish abomination jeers at, and flouts your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security.
    • She answered the telephone with a sleepish sounding voice, since she wasn't fully awake yet.

The neighborhood

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