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‖ insomnia|ɪnˈsɒmnɪə|
Also β. 7 in anglicized form insomnie; γ. 7–9 insomnium.
[L. insomnia sleeplessness, f. insomnis sleepless, f. in- (in-3) + somnus sleep. Cf. F. insomnie (1680 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
Inability to sleep; sleeplessness.
α1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 107 The Patient laboured under Insomnia. 1863Reade Hard Cash (1864) II. xx. 322 It accused Alfred of headache, insomnia, nightly visions. 1879F. S. Bridges Round World in six Months 218 So intolerable was the responsibility, that all these men became afflicted with insomnia, and could scarcely ever rest.
β1623Cockeram, Insomnie, watching, want of power to sleepe.
γ1694Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1699) 262/1 To ease the Head-ach, correct Insomniums, or vehemently to stupify. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xiv. 156, I am so afflicted with the insomnium of this eternal night, that I rise at any time between midnight and noon. |