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Word: Dormant
Speech Type: Adjective
late Middle English (in the senses ‘fixed in position’ and ‘latent’): from Old French, ‘sleeping’, present participle of dormir, from Latin dormire ‘to sleep’
ˈdɔːm(ə)nt
(of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep
Short Definition:sleeping or apparently asleep
Examples:- dormant butterflies
temporarily inactive or inoperative
Short Definition:temporarily inactive or inoperative
Examples:- that dormant urge to write fiction has re-emerged
- the successful consortium included a dormant company
- the event evoked memories that she would rather had lain dormant
(of an animal) depicted lying with its head on its paws.
Short Definition:(of animal) lying with head on paws
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