slumberless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English slumber Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English slumberless From slumber + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without slumber; sleepless, unsleeping.
Sunday is gloomy / My hours are slumberless / Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless.
1936, Sam M. Lewis, “Gloomy Sunday”, performed by Hal Kemp: