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Dormancy - What does it mean?

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dormancy

Noun

(-)
  • The state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness.
  • * 1902 , , Behind the Line , ch. 2:
  • [N]ow the big Thanksgiving dinner which they had eaten was beginning to work upon them a spell of dormancy .

    Synonyms

    * inactivity * quiescence * sleep

    Not English

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