sleepful

adj — 2 senses

sleepful

adj

Etymology From Middle English slepeful, slepful, equivalent to sleep + -ful.

1

very sleepy; strongly wanting or needing to sleep

  • Everything sleepful. Shoemakers and embroiderers who had ceased work were dozing in their little dens, and as I trudged wearily onward, […]2019, William Le Queux, Zoraida: A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara:
2

Marked by sleep

  • a sleepful night
Derived terms
sleepfully, sleepfulness, unsleepful

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