sleepish

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sleepish

/ˈsliːpɪʃ/

Rhymes with -iːpɪʃ

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From sleep + -ish.

adjective more sleepish · most sleepish

sleepy; drowsy One, my lord, that doth so palpably, so apparently make her adulteries a trophy, whiles the poting-stick to her unsatiate goatish abomination jeers at, and flouts your sleepish, and more than sleepish, security.
Similar: sleepbound, somnolent, adrowse, bedroomy, dozy, dopey, dragging one's tail, drowsy, eyelids at half-mast, nodding off, oscitant, out of steam

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@misc{sleepish_2026,
  title = {sleepish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sleepish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}