DROWSE, DROWSINESS, DROWSY
ADJECTIVES
1552 — HEAVY-HEADED drowsy, sleepy
1625 — OSCITANT drowsy, dull, indolent, negligent, inattentive through drowsiness → obs.
1631 — DORMITORY drowsy, sleepy; tending to or causing sleep → obs.
.M17 — PEEPING drowsy, sleepy → sl.
1656 — SOMNICULOUS drowsy, sleepy
1659 — DOZED drowsy, sleepy; stupefied
1729 — MUZZY drowsy, spiritless; confused, bewildered; mentally hazy; dazed and unfocused
1790 — DILVERED drowsy, exhausted, wearied, worn out with fatigue → Eng. dial.
1847 — PEEPY drowsy, sleepy → colloq.
1847 — ZWODDER drowsy and dull → Eng. dial.
1850 — COMATO-CRAPULOSE in a state of drowsiness and headache consequent on intoxication → humorous usage
1877 — SNOOZY drowsy, sleepy, slumberous
1897 — OORIN-KOORIN drowsy, nodding, half-asleep → Sc.
1898 — A-SLEEPIED drowsy, sleepy → Eng. dial.
1904 — SASSLE drowsy, sleepy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — NAZLY drowsy-looking → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1971 — IN THE OZONE in a drowsy or dazed state, such a state induced by drugs or drink → Amer. sl.
ADVERBS
1866 — ADROWSE in a drowsy state
NOUNS
1564 — DORMITATION drowsiness, sleeping, falling asleep → obs.
1825 — ZWODDER a drowsy, stupid state of body or mind → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1874 — SOG a drowsy or lethargic state; a sleep, doze, stupor → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1905 — TAWM a fit of drowsiness → Sc. (Bk.)
VERBS
1430 — DULL to drowse; to be inactive or sluggish → obs.
1623 — OSCITATE to yawn or gape from drowsiness → obs.
1877 — BEDROWSE to make drowsy
1892 — NEEB to nod from drowsiness → Sc.
1898 — BLOINT to wink from the effects of drowsiness → Sc. (Bk.)
1900 — DODDLE to nod the head drowsily; to become sleepy or drowsy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)