Quote:
praedormitary adjective of or relating to the twilight state of semi-consciousness immediately preceding sleep.

ORIGIN ?


I found this word in Speak, Memory by Nabokov. It gets 4 Google-hits, all from said memoir.

I prepared the definition myself, based on hypnopompic:

Quote:
hypnopompic adjective of or relating to the twilight state of semi-consciousness immediately preceding waking up.

ORIGIN from Greek hupnos "sleep" and pompe "sending away".


Is it in a dictionary? What might the origin of this wonderful word be?

Last edited by Hydra; 08/03/2007 5:23 AM.