English Explanatory Dictionary

unsleepy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not sleepy; wakeful.

Word forms

unsleepy more unsleepy most unsleepy

Etymology

From un- + sleepy, perhaps continuing Middle English *unslepy, from Old English unslǣpiġ (“sleepless”). Compare Dutch onslaperig (“unsleepy”), German unschläfrig (“unsleepy”).

Derived words

unsleepily unsleepiness
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