slumber

CEFRC1

/ˈslʌm.bə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Sleep, especially deep or peaceful sleep.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A state of ignorance or inaction.

Examples

  • Parvati's mother never allowed her to have slumber parties.

  • He fell into a slumber inadvertently.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A very light state of sleep, almost awake.

  2. A very heavy state of sleep.

  3. The snooze button on an alarm clock.

More examples

In context

  • She woke from her slumber.

  • Ev’n Luſt and Envy ſleep, yet Love denies / Reſt to my Soul, and ſlumber to my Eyes.

  • Fast asleep? It is no matter; / Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English slombren, slomren, frequentative of Middle English slummen, slumen (“to doze”), probably from Middle English slume (“slumber”), from Old English slūma, from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“slack, loose, limp, flabby”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“loose, limp, flabby”). Cognate with West Frisian slommerje, slûmerje (“to slumber”), Dutch sluimeren (“to slumber”), German schlummern (“to slumber, doze”), Swedish slummer (“to slumber”). By surface analysis, sloom + -er.