Letter S

Somnolence

Sleepiness, the state of feeling drowsy, ready to fall asleep.

A person experiencing somnolence is somnolent and is acting somnolently.

Somnolence, somnolent, and somnolently go back to the Latin 'somnus' meaning (please don't yawn) 'sleep.'

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