🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

plongé dans un sommeil profond

Pronunciation / Transliteration: plohn-zhay dahn un so-may pro-fohn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dead-to-the-world/ˌdɛd.tə.ðəˈwɜːld/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il était plongé dans un sommeil profond après sa longue journée."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Fast asleep and completely unaware of one's surroundings.

    "After working a double shift, he was dead to the world and didn't hear the alarm."
  2. 2

    Unconscious or completely unresponsive due to fatigue, intoxication, or fainting.

    "She collapsed onto the couch after the marathon, dead to the world for ten hours."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The idiom combines Middle English and Old English roots ('dead' from Old English 'dēad' meaning lifeless or inert, combined with 'world') to describe a state of profound unconsciousness or deep sleep. Originally used in religious contexts to signify being spiritually detached from earthly affairs, it shifted during the 19th century to denote extreme physical exhaustion or heavy sleep.

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