sloom
Meanings
noun
- A gentle sleep; slumber.
verb
- To sleep lightly, to doze, to nod; to be half-asleep.
- To soften or rot with damp. (of plants or soil)
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Middle English *sloume, sloumbe, slume, from Old English sluma (“sleep, slumber”), from Proto-Germanic *slūm- (“to be slack, loose, or limp”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- (“limp, flabby”). Compare slumber and Dutch sloom.
Derived words
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