a. [ F. somnolent, L. somnolentus, from somnus sleep, akin to Gr. &unr_;, Skr. svapna sleep, dream, svap to sleep, Icel. sofa, AS. swefn sleep. Cf. Hypnotic, Somnambulism, Soporific. ] Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep. --
He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a somnolent want of interest in them. De Quincey. [1913 Webster]