slumbery Jul 1st 2012, 12:29 English: ← Older revision | Revision as of 12:29, 1 July 2012 | Line 1: | Line 1: | | ==English== | | ==English== | | + | ===Alternative forms=== | | + | *[[slombry]] | | + | | | + | ===Etymology=== | | + | From {{suffix|slumber|y}}. | | | | | | ===Adjective=== | | ===Adjective=== | | {{en-adj}} | | {{en-adj}} | | | | | − | # {{obsolete}} [[sleepy]] | + | # {{obsolete}} [[sleepy|Sleepy]], [[slumberous]]. | − | #: {{rfquotek|Chaucer}} | + | #*'''c. 1390''', {{w|Geoffrey Chaucer}}, 'The Parson's Tale', ''Canterbury Tales'', Ellesmere ms.: | − | | + | #*:thanne wexeth he slough and '''slombry''' and soone wol be wrooth [...]. | − | {{Webster 1913}} | + | #*'''1590''', {{w|Edmund Spenser}}, ''The Faerie Queene'', III.6: | | + | #*:In that same covert whereas lay / Faire Chrysogone in '''slombry''' traunce whilere [...]. | | | | | | [[et:slumbery]] | | [[et:slumbery]] | | |
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