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dormient

dormient is the obsolete form of dormant.

Meaning of dormant

Adjective

dormant (not comparable)

  1. Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
    • Grass goes dormant during the winter, waiting for spring before it grows again.
    Synonyms:
    quiescent
  2. In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.
    • a lion dormant
  3. Leaning.

See all 4 meanings of dormant

Questions about dormient

What is dormient the obsolete form of?
Dormient is the obsolete form of dormant.

Words near dormient in the dictionary

  1. dormer-windows
  2. dormered
  3. dormers
  4. dormice
  5. dormie
  6. dormient
  7. dormies
  8. dormin
  9. Dorminey
  10. Dormineys
  11. dorming

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