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sleepaholic

sleepaholic noun: a person who loves sleeping or has a tendency to oversleep.

Noun

sleepaholic (plural sleepaholics)

  1. (informal) A person who loves sleeping or has a tendency to oversleep.
    • […] becoming "sleepaholics" — staying in bed as many as fourteen or even sixteen hours a night simply because they can't cope without a challenge.1974, John Wesley White, Future Hope, Creation House, →ISBN, page 58
    • In fact, the New York Theatre Scene outside the safety of the small apartment looked so intimidating that he became a sleepaholic as a means of avoiding it. Sometimes, he would sleep around the clock in order to avoid going outside […]1983, Douglas Brode, The Films of Dustin Hoffman, Citadel Press, →ISBN, page 14

Forms of sleepaholic

pluralsleepaholics

Origin of sleepaholic

From sleep + -aholic.

Questions about sleepaholic

What does sleepaholic mean?
Sleepaholic means a person who loves sleeping or has a tendency to oversleep.
What part of speech is sleepaholic?
Sleepaholic is a noun.
What is the plural of sleepaholic?
The plural of sleepaholic is sleepaholics.

Words near sleepaholic in the dictionary

  1. sleep-shorts
  2. sleep-walker
  3. sleep-walkers
  4. sleepable
  5. sleepage
  6. sleepaholic
  7. sleepaholics
  8. sleepate
  9. sleepaway
  10. sleepaways
  11. sleepbound

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