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slumber(1) (iou)



slumber noun. ME.
[Alt. of SLOOM noun or directly from the verb.]
a. sing. & in pl. Sleep, rest; a state of sleep. Chiefly poet. & literary. ME.
J. Buchan He wakened me from my slumbers. H. Carpenter Crept back..and fell into an alcoholic slumber.
b. A (usu. short) period of sleep. LME.
fig. A state of rest or inactivity. M16.
A. Brookner A street sunk in the slumber of mid-afternoon.
Comb.: slumber cap a light close-fitting cap worn in bed to keep the hair tidy; slumbercoach US a railway car with cheap private sleeping accommodation; slumberland joc. sleep; slumber net a slumber cap made of net; slumber party N. Amer.: for youngsters (esp. girls) who stay and sleep overnight; slumber room US: in which a corpse is laid out by an undertaker until the funeral; slumberwear nightclothes.
slumberful adjective (rare) marked by slumber M19.
slumberless adjective (rare) sleepless E19.
slumbersome adjective slumberous, sleepy L19.
slumbery adjective (now rare or obsolete) sleepy; of the nature of sleep: LME.