drowse

Senso (Inglese)

Verb

1. To be sleepy and inactive.
2. To nod off; to fall asleep.
3. To advance drowsily. (Used especially in the phrase "drowse one's way" ⇒ sleepily make one's way.)
4. To make heavy with sleepiness or imperfect sleep; to make dull or stupid.

Noun

The state of being sleepy and inactive.

sinonimi

doze

slumber

sleep

😴

nap

snooze

catnap

drowsiness

nod

get sleepy

be sleepy

half-sleep

doze off

flake out

roost

sleepiness

sleepy

😪

somnolence

drowse off

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/dɹaʊz/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: *drousen

Ereditato da inglese antico: drūsan

Affine olandese: drozen

Affine tedesco: trauern

Affine danese: drøse

Affine norvegese: døse

Affine svedese: drösa

Affine inglese antico: drēosan

Affine inglese medio: dresen

Affine gotico: 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽

In summary

From Middle English *drousen, from Old English drūsan, drūsian (“to sink; become low, slow, or inactive; droop; drowse; become feeble”), probably from a merger of Proto-Germanic *drūsijaną (“to look down; mourn”) and Proto-Germanic *dreusaną (“to fall”). Cognate with Dutch drozen (“to doze; muse”), German trauern (“to mourn, be sad”), Danish drøse (“to slow down, be negligent”), Norwegian døse (“to drowse”), Swedish drösa (“to be slow”), Old English drēosan ("to rush; fall; perish"; > Middle English dresen (“to fall down”)), Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 (driusan, “to fall; fall down”).