SLEEPLESS, SLEEPLESSNESS
ADJECTIVES
► INSOMNOLENT sleepless, unable to sleep → 1892
► WAKENSOME sleepless easily roused from sleep → 1856 Eng. dial.
► WAKERIFE sleepless, wakeful, easily wakened; alert, vigilant → c1480 Sc. & Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► WAKERIFENESS sleeplessness; the state of wakefulness → 1891 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► INSOMNOLENT a person who is unable to sleep; a person affected with insomnia → 1892
VERBS
► FALL BY ONE’S REST to be sleepless → Bk1900 Sc.
► VIGILATE to be sleepless or wakeful → 1758 obs.
► WILCOX to spend an uneasy, sleepless night → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
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