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- Middle English · inherited fromslumbry
- English todayslumbery
From Middle English slumbry, slombry, slomry, equivalent to slumber + -y. Cognate with Middle Dutch slumerich (“slumbery”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
slumbery
Today it means: Inclined to sleep; sleepy or sleeping; (by extension) quiet and slow-paced. Full definition →
Middle English slumbry