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slepy

“slepy” is a Middle English word. Its 4 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. sleepy (liable to sleep)
  2. sleepy (soporific; causing sleep)
  3. sleepy (lazy, sluggish)
  4. Pertaining to or characteristic of sleep.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English *slǣpiġ; equivalent to slep (“sleep”) + -y (“-y”).

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