dormant

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
  2. adjective (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
  3. adjective lying with head on paws as if sleeping

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormiēns, present participle of dormiō (“to sleep”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

hibernating, torpid

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