slumberless

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adjective

Without slumber; sleepless, unsleeping.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English slumber →
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Meanings

adjectiveslumberless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout slumber; sleepless, unsleeping.

    Sunday is gloomy / My hours are slumberless / Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless.

    1936, Sam M. Lewis, “Gloomy Sunday”, performed by Hal Kemp

Origin

  1. Englishslumber
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishslumberless

From slumber + -less.

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APA

slumberless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slumberless

MLA

“slumberless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slumberless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slumberless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slumberless.

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