sloom

PRONUNCIATION:
(sloom)

MEANING:
verb intr.: 1. To slumber. 2. To soften, decay, or waste.
noun: A light sleep.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Old English sluma (slumber). Earliest documented use: before 1150.

USAGE:
“He lay slooming half-asleep, half-awake, thinking about Tue afternoon.”
Gemma O’Connor; Walking on Water; Bantam; 2001.