Meaning of somnivolent | Babel Free

Definitions

Having a desire to sleep.

Examples

“This portion of the poem, just after the Harrowing of Hell has been portrayed, opens with Will at home, awake⟳ from his last⟳ vision, dressing and going to Mass. In the midst of the service our somnivolent hero falls into his usual state and dreams his second-to-last vision.”

“[…] she impatiently brushed them away, her eyes alight with the joy of living, her cheeks pink, her whole body taking on a sense⟳ of direction, a firmness of movement, as if it had been woken out of years of a somnivolent state.”

“Thoughts of needing to rise⟳ for work⟳ in the morning further hindered Paul the somnivolent. The longer he lay⟳ awake⟳ the clearer his head became and the less likely he was to fall⟳ asleep, or so he thought.”

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