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Definition slumber

Etymology

From Middle English slombren, slomren, frequentative of Middle English slummen, slumen (“to doze”), probably from Middle English slume (“slumber”), from Old English sl?ma, from Proto-Germanic *sl?m- (“slack, loose, limp, flabby”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“loose, limp, flabby”), equivalent to sloom +‎ -er. Cognate with West Frisian slommerje, slûmerje (“to slumber”), Dutch sluimeren (“to slumber”), German schlummern (“to slumber, doze”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian gjumë (“sleep”).

Noun

slumber (plural slumbers)

1. A very light state of sleep, almost awake.
2. (figuratively) A state of ignorance or inaction.

Verb

slumber (third-person singular simple present slumbers, present participle slumbering, simple past and past participle slumbered)

1. (intransitive) To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake.
2. (intransitive) To be inactive or negligent.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To lay to sleep.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To stun; to stupefy.

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