Tuesday, July 3, 2007

The French Word for Sleep is Dormir

The French word for sleep is dormir
When you hear the root dorm you know that sleepy time is near

College students sleep in a dormitory
Some sleep in the classroom, but that’s a different story

A dormant volcano is one that’s at rest
That’s the type of volcano that most people like the best

A dormer is a window built into an angled frame
It’s most often found in bedrooms, that’s how it got its name

A dormouse is a rodent that sleeps through the day
It hibernates in winter, it just sleeps its life away

A sleeping pill’s a medicine with dormitive power
You can say it’s soporific, it’ll make you sleep for hours

The French word for sleep is dormir
When you hear the root dorm you know that sleepy time is near

by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review

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