| 单词 | insomniac |
| 释义 | insomniac[ in-som-nee-ak ] / ɪnˈsɒm niˌæk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR insomniac ON THESAURUS.COM nouna person who suffers from insomnia, the inability, especially when chronic, to obtain sufficient sleep, through difficulty in falling or staying asleep: Her husband, an insomniac, had at last fallen asleep at the computer, head resting on the keyboard. adjectivehaving insomnia: a nervous, insomniac person. of, relating to, or causing insomnia: long, torturous, insomniac nights. Origin of insomniacFirst recorded in 1905–10; insomni(a) + -ac SYNONYMS FOR insomniac2 sleepless, awake, wakeful, insomnolent, wide-awake. SEE SYNONYMS FOR insomniac ON THESAURUS.COM historical usage of insomniacHere's your Latin lesson for the day: somnus in Latin means “sleep.” If you tack the prefix “in-” (another Latin word, meaning “not”) onto it, you get a word that means “not sleep.” An insomniac, therefore, is a person who suffers from the inability to sleep. Once you know the Latin root somn-, which you now do, then you will also recognize it in some related words— somnolent, meaning “sleepy, drowsy,” somniferous, meaning “sleep-inducing,” and somnambulate, meaning “to sleepwalk.” By now, you can probably guess that a somnambulist is a sleepwalker. Perhaps the most famous somnambulist is Cesare, a carnival attraction in the 1920 silent film The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari. We hope this story hasn’t been too somniferous—but, if it has, pleasant dreams! popular references for insomniac— Insomniac: An album by the punk band Green Day, released in 1995. — Insomniac with Dave Attell: A Comedy Central television show, hosted by Dave Attell, which ran in the early 2000s. OTHER WORDS FROM insomniacan·ti-in·som·ni·ac, adjective, nounWords nearby insomniacin someone's good graces, in someone's hair, in someone's shoes, in someone's stead, insomnia, insomniac, insomnolence, insomuch, insomuch as, insorption, insouciance Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for insomniac
British Dictionary definitions for insomniacinsomniac / (ɪnˈsɒmnɪˌæk) / adjectiveexhibiting or causing insomnia nouna person experiencing insomnia Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for insomniacinsomniac [ ĭn-sŏm′nē-ăk′ ] n.One who suffers from insomnia. adj.Having or causing insomnia. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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