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Sleepy

//ˈsliːpi// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
"She wak'd her sleepy crew."
2
Suggesting tiredness.
"At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision."
3
Tending to induce sleep.
"a sleepy drink or potion"
4
Dull; lazy. figuratively
"'Tis not sleepy business; But must be looked to speedily and strongly."
5
Quiet; without bustle or activity. figuratively
"a sleepy English village"

Adjective

1
ready to fall asleep wordnet

Noun

1
The gum that builds up in the eye; sleep, gound. in-plural, informal, uncountable
""Did he always leave the sleepy in his eyes?" "Never removed it; let it build up in the comers of his eyes over the weeks until it was heavy enough to fall […]"
2
Shingleback. Australia, countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *slēpaz Proto-West Germanic *slāp Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Proto-West Germanic *slāpag Old English *slǣpiġ Middle English slepy English sleepy From Middle English slepy, from Old English *slǣpiġ (attested in unslǣpiġ (“sleepless”)), from Proto-West Germanic *slāpag (“sleepy”), equivalent to sleep + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian släipich (“sleepy”), West Frisian sliepich (“sleepy”), dialectal Dutch slapig, slepig (“sleepy”), German Low German slapig, släpig, slöpig (“sleepy”), archaic German schlafig (“sleepy”).

Etymology 2

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