Sleepish
(Sleep"ish) a. Disposed to sleep; sleepy; drowsy.
Your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security.
Ford. Sleepless
(Sleep"less), a.
1. Having no sleep; wakeful.
2. Having no rest; perpetually agitated. "Biscay's sleepless bay." Byron.
— Sleep"less*ly, adv. — Sleep"less*ness, n.
Sleepmarken
(Sleep"mark`en) n. (Zoöl.) See 1st Hag, 4.
Sleepwaker
(Sleep"wak`er) n. On in a state of magnetic or mesmeric sleep.
Sleepwaking
(Sleep"wak`ing), n. The state of one mesmerized, or in a partial and morbid sleep.
Sleepwalker
(Sleep"walk`er) n. One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.
Sleepwalking
(Sleep"walk`ing), n. Walking in one's sleep.
Sleepy
(Sleep"y) a. [Compar. Sleepier ; superl. Sleepiest.] [AS. slpig. See Sleep, n.]
1. Drowsy; inclined to, or overcome by, sleep. Shak.
She waked her sleepy crew.
Dryden. 2. Tending to induce sleep; soporiferous; somniferous; as, a sleepy drink or potion. Chaucer.
3. Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. Shak.
'Tis not sleepy business;
But must be looked to speedily and strongly.
Shak. 4. Characterized by an absence of watchfulness; as, sleepy security.
Sleepy duck (Zoöl.), the ruddy duck.
Sleepyhead
(Sleep"y*head`) n.
1. A sleepy person.
To bed, to bed, says Sleepyhead.
Mother Goose. 2. (Zoöl.) The ruddy duck.
Sleer
(Sle"er) n. A slayer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
