"sleepful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sleepful.wav Forms: more sleepful [comparative], most sleepful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English slepeful, slepful, equivalent to sleep + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|slepeful}} Middle English slepeful, {{suf|en|sleep|ful|pos=adjective}} sleep + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} sleepful (comparative more sleepful, superlative most sleepful)
  1. very sleepy; strongly wanting or needing to sleep Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms: hypersomnolent, nodding off, sleepy
    Sense id: en-sleepful-en-adj-5rMIczTB Disambiguation of Sleep: 64 36 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 69 31 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
  2. Marked by sleep
    Sense id: en-sleepful-en-adj-Ukv-n8KV Categories (other): English terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sleepfully, sleepfulness, unsleepful
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