sleepish
adj/ˈsliːpɪʃ/
Etymology From sleep + -ish.
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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.1633, Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], Loues Sacrifice. A Tragedie […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Hugh Beeston, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- She answered the telephone with a sleepish sounding voice, since she wasn't fully awake yet.2010, Brenda Croan, Hidden in a Pillow: