Sleepish
//ˈsliːpɪʃ// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From sleep + -ish.
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