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insomnolence

insomnolence noun: sleeplessness.

Noun

insomnolence (usually uncountable, plural insomnolences)

  1. (usually) Sleeplessness.
    • insomnolence is complained of, or if the patient sleeps his rest is disturbed by frightful dreams1857, O'Bryen Bellingham, A Treatise on Diseases of the Heart
    • He […] feels out his body from the inside, rarefied and refined by hunger and insomnolence.2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books, page 205

Forms of insomnolence

pluralinsomnolences

Origin of insomnolence

From in- + somnolence.

Questions about insomnolence

What does insomnolence mean?
Insomnolence means sleeplessness.
What part of speech is insomnolence?
Insomnolence is a noun.
What is the plural of insomnolence?
The plural of insomnolence is insomnolences.

Words near insomnolence in the dictionary

  1. insomnia
  2. insomniac
  3. insomniacs
  4. insomnias
  5. insomnious
  6. insomnolence
  7. insomnolences
  8. insomnolency
  9. insomnolent
  10. insomuch
  11. insonate

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