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Slumber vs Slumbery - What's the difference?

slumber | slumbery |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between slumber and slumbery

is that slumber is (obsolete) to stun; to stupefy while slumbery is (obsolete) sleepy, slumberous.

As a noun slumber

is a very light state of sleep, almost awake.

As a verb slumber

is to be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake.

As an adjective slumbery is

(obsolete) sleepy, slumberous.

slumber

English

(wikipedia slumber)

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A very light state of sleep, almost awake.
    • He at last fell into a slumber , and thence into a fast sleep, which detained him in that place until it was almost night. — Bunyan.
    Fast asleep? It is no matter; / Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber . — Shakespeare.
    Rest to my soul, and slumber to my eyes. — Dryden.

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake.
  • * Bible, Psalms cxxi. 4
    • He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
  • To be inactive or negligent.
  • (obsolete) To lay to sleep.
    • (Wotton)
  • (obsolete) To stun; to stupefy.
    • (Spenser)

    See also

    * catnap * doze * nap * shuteye * slumber party

    Anagrams

    *

    slumbery

    English

    Alternative forms

    *slombry

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Sleepy, slumberous.
  • *c. 1390 , (Geoffrey Chaucer), ‘The Parson's Tale’, Canterbury Tales , Ellesmere ms.:
  • *:thanne wexeth he slough and slombry and soone wol be wrooth [...].
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.6:
  • *:In that same covert whereas lay / Faire Chrysogone in slombry traunce whilere [...].