Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See drowsyhead.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun archaic Drowsiness.

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  • noun obsolete drowsiness

Etymologies

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drowsy +‎ -head

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Examples

  • He can barely mean, that a condition of drowsihead is other than providently warned by laughter of friends.

    The Amazing Marriage — Volume 3 George Meredith 1868

  • He can barely mean, that a condition of drowsihead is other than providently warned by laughter of friends.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • He can barely mean, that a condition of drowsihead is other than providently warned by laughter of friends.

    The Amazing Marriage — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • Prince shook off his drowsihead and opened his eyes, but of his steed could see nor sign nor aught of visible trace.

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • These hours of drowsihead were the season of the old gentlewoman's attendance on her brother, while Phoebe took charge of the shop; an arrangement which the public speedily understood, and evinced their decided preference of the younger shopwoman by the multiplicity of their calls during her administration of affairs.

    The House of the Seven Gables 1851

  • These hours of drowsihead were the season of the old gentlewoman's attendance on her brother, while Phoebe took charge of the shop; an arrangement which the public speedily understood, and evinced their decided preference of the younger shopwoman by the multiplicity of their calls during her administration of affairs.

    House of the Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

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