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sleepy

Pronunciation: /ˈsliːpi/

The English word “sleepy” has 8 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
  2. Suggesting tiredness.
  3. Tending to induce sleep.
  4. Dull; lazy.
  5. Quiet; without bustle or activity.

noun

  1. The gum that builds up in the eye; sleep, gound.
  2. Shingleback.

verb

  1. To sleep.

Etymology

From Middle English slepy, from Old English *slǣpiġ (attested in unslǣpiġ (“sleepless”)), from Proto-West Germanic *slāpag (“sleepy”), equivalent to sleep + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian släipich (“sleepy”), West Frisian sliepich (“sleepy”), dialectal Dutch slapig, slepig (“sleepy”), German Low German slapig, släpig, slöpig (“sleepy”), archaic German schlafig (“sleepy”).

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