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nepsis

nepsis noun: wakefulness and watchfulness; a state of sobriety following a period of catharsis.

Noun

nepsis (uncountable)

  1. Wakefulness and watchfulness; a state of sobriety following a period of catharsis.

Origin of nepsis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νῆψις (nêpsis)

Questions about nepsis

What does nepsis mean?
Nepsis means wakefulness and watchfulness; a state of sobriety following a period of catharsis.
What part of speech is nepsis?
Nepsis is a noun.

Words near nepsis in the dictionary

  1. neprilysins
  2. nepropathy
  3. neprosin
  4. neprylisin
  5. neps
  6. nepsis
  7. nepskoeite
  8. neptic
  9. neptics
  10. nepticulid
  11. nepticulids

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