drowse

  • 131drowsy — [15] The etymological notion underlying drowsy seems to be of heaviness, with eyelids falling and the head nodding over the chest. The word probably comes from a Germanic base *drūs , which also produced drūsian, an Old English verb meaning ‘be… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 132snooze — v. n. (Colloq.) Slumber, drowse, sleep, nap, doze …

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