insomnolence

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English

Etymology

From in- +‎ somnolence.

Noun

insomnolence (usually uncountable, plural insomnolences)

  1. sleeplessness.
    • 1857, O'Bryen Bellingham, A Treatise on Diseases of the Heart:
      insomnolence is complained of, or if the patient sleeps his rest is disturbed by frightful dreams
    • 2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books, page 205:
      He [] feels out his body from the inside, rarefied and refined by hunger and insomnolence.

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