- dormient
- dor·mi·ent
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dormient
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dormient — /dawr mee euhnt/, adj. sleeping; dormant. [1635 45; < L dormient (s. of dormiens, prp. of dormire), equiv. to dormi sleep + ent ENT] * * * … Universalium
dormient — ˈdȯrmēənt adjective Etymology: Latin dormient , dormiens, present participle of dormire to sleep more at dormant archaic : sleeping … Useful english dictionary
dormient — /ˈdɔmiənt/ (say dawmeeuhnt) adjective sleeping; dormant. {Latin dormiens, present participle} …
dor|mant — «DR muhnt», adjective. 1. sleeping or apparently sleeping; quiet as if asleep: »Bears and other animals that hibernate are dormant during the winter. 2. inactive: »Many volcanoes are dormant.Figurative. The artist s talent for painting was… … Useful english dictionary
dormant — adj 1. sleeping, asleep, resting, at rest; hibernating, {of land) fallow, dormient; inactive, lifeless, inert, still, stock still, silent; motionless, immovable, immobile; unmoving, stationary, becalmed. 2. dull, sluggish, passive, lethargic,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
latent — adj 1. dormant, dormient, quiescent; veiled, hidden, Obs. latitant, Inf. closet, delitescent; potential, undeveloped, unrealized, possible; unsuspected, unseen, invisible, unapparent, indiscernible, undiscernable, imperceptible, inconspicuous,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
motionless — adj 1. unmoving, still, stock still, Chiefly Literary. stilly; stationary, fixed, immobile, immovable, static; inert, inanimate, lifeless, dead. 2. calm, quiet, quiescent, tranquil, silent, reposeful; inactive, idle, passive, dormant, dormient,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
passive — adj 1. unresponsive, undemonstrative, unemotional, dispassionate, stoic, philosophic, philosophical; impassive, unmoved, stolid, bovine; imperturbable, unprovokable; unperturbed, unagitated, unaffected, untouched, cool. 2. nonparticipating,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
placid — adj 1. quiet, quiescent, calm, tranquil, serene, undisturbed, halcyon, Brit. Dial, (of places) bonny; still, stock still, Chiefly Literary. stilly; unmov ing, unmoved, immovable, immobile; motionless, stationary, becalmed. 2. peaceful, peaceable … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
quiet — I n 1. silence, stillness, hush; soundlessness, noiselessness, quietness, quietude; tranquillity, serenity, placidity, imperturbation, calmness, calm; quiescence, peacefulness, peace; ease, repose, rest. 2. pause, lull, break, halt, standstill,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
