What does "drowse" mean?
Drowse: To sleep imperfectly or unsoundly; to slumber; to be heavy with sleepiness; to doze. "He drowsed upon his couch." South. In the pool drowsed the cattle up to their knees. Lowell.
Additional senses
- 2.To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid. Milton.
- 3.A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze. But smiled on in a drowse of ecstasy. Mrs. Browning.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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