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English
Etymology
From in- + somnolence.
Noun
insomnolence (usually uncountable, plural insomnolences)
- 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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