sloom

Meanings

Noun

• A gentle sleep; slumber.

Verb

• To sleep lightly, to doze, to nod; to be half-asleep.
• To soften or rot with damp.

Origin

• From Middle English *sloume, sloumbe, slume, from Old English slūma ("sleep, slumber"), from Proto-Germanic *slūm- ("to be slack, loose, or limp"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- ("limp, flabby"). Compare slumber and Dutch sloom.
• From Middle English slumen, slummen, from Old English *slumian ("to slumber, sleep gently"), from Proto-Germanic *slūm- ("to be slack, loose, or limp"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lew- ("limp, flabby").