insomniousadj.
/ɪnˈsɒmnɪəs/ rare.
1. Affected with insomnia; sleepless, unable to sleep.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [adjective] > wakeful or sleepless > unable to sleep
sleepless1412
insomnious1658
wakeful1676
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Insomnious, wanting sleep, also apt to dream.
1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Insomnious,..troubled with Dreams, full of Dreams.
1865 G. Grote Plato III. xxxvii. 376 Nurses..lull to sleep an insomnious child..by swinging him about in their arms.
1894 Publisher's Advt. Those who sleep well, those who dream, and those who are insomnious.
2. [ < Latin insomnium dream.] (See quots.)
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Insomnious, troubled with dreams, that dreameth much in his sleep.
1658 [see sense 1]. 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Insomnious, troubled with Dreams, full of Dreams.
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