drowsy
adj/ˈdɹaʊzi/
Etymology From drowse + -y, despite the fact that drowsy (1520) is recorded before drowse (1570). Compare Old English drūsian (“to droop, drowse, become languid”).
1
Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness
- I was feeling drowsy and so decided to make a cup of coffee to try to wake myself up.
2
Causing someone to fall sleep or feel sleepy; lulling; soporific.
- It was a warm, drowsy summer afternoon.
- drowsy medicine
3
Boring.
- The narrative throughout holds the reader; it Is not a drowsy book.1928, Historical Outlook:
4
Dull; stupid.
- ... the hoofbeats of the mule made a sound as drowsy as a fly's buzz on a summer afternoon.1948, Truman Capote, Other Voices, Other Rooms, Part One, 1:
- Derived terms
- drowsihead, drowsily, drowsiness, nondrowsy, non-drowsy