different between negligent vs drowsy
negligent
English
Etymology
From Middle English necligent, negligent, from Old French negligent, from Latin neglig?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n??.l?.d??nt/
Adjective
negligent (comparative more negligent, superlative most negligent)
- Careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention.
- (law) Culpable due to negligence.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:careless
Related terms
- negligence
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin neglig?ns.
Adjective
negligent (masculine and feminine plural negligents)
- negligent
Related terms
- negligència
- negligir
Further reading
- “negligent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “negligent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “negligent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “negligent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Verb
negligent
- third-person plural future active indicative of neglig?
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drowsy
English
Etymology
From drowse +? -y, despite the fact that drowsy (1520) is recorded before drowse (1570). Compare Old English dr?sian (“to droop, drowse, become languid”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?a?zi/
- Rhymes: -a?zi
Adjective
drowsy (comparative drowsier, superlative drowsiest)
- Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness
- I was feeling drowsy and so decided to make a cup of coffee to try to wake myself up.
- Synonyms: lethargic, dozy
- Causing someone to fall sleep or feel sleepy; lulling; soporific.
- It was a warm, drowsy summer afternoon.
- Boring.
- 1928, Historical Outlook
- The narrative throughout holds the reader; it Is not a drowsy book.
- 1928, Historical Outlook
- Dull; stupid. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
- drowsiness
Translations
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