semisomnolence
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From semi- + somnolence.
Noun
[edit]semisomnolence (uncountable)
- Partial somnolence.
- 1968, Harvey J. Widroe, Ego Psychology and Psychiatric Treatment Planning, page 84:
- Semisomnolence always deserves careful appraisal for possible organic etiologies. Increased drowsiness may be secondary to an expanding intracranial lesion […]
- 2020, Stephanie Laurens, The Inevitable Fall of Christopher Cynster:
- Eventually, the food was mostly gone, and two footmen arrived and carted the remnants away, leaving the company sipping wine and cider and lazing in semisomnolence in the afternoon's warmth.