after sleep - 12/02/01 05:48 AM
Can anyone think of a word that relates to sleep as posthumous relates to death? I'm looking for a more elegant way to say after one has gone to sleep, or while one is asleep.
Re: after sleep - 12/02/01 06:34 AM
morphetic, somnolent, soporiferous
Re: after sleep - 12/02/01 12:21 PM
In an important conference.
(Sorry, couldn't help it!
)
I do like soporiferous...[yawn].
(Sorry, couldn't help it!
)I do like soporiferous...[yawn].
Re: after sleep - 12/02/01 02:43 PM
Asleep = "In the arms of Morpheous."
Morpheous = god of sleep
That's about as elegant as it gets!
There is also one called Hypnos but I am a Morpheous fan myself.
Morpheous = god of sleep
That's about as elegant as it gets!
There is also one called Hypnos but I am a Morpheous fan myself.
Re: after sleep - 12/02/01 02:45 PM
Old, but meaningful:long sleep.
Re: after sleep - 12/02/01 10:17 PM
Is soporific confined to aids that put you to sleep? (Jackie, faculty meetings are soporifics.)
Inelegant:
The Rack Monster
Out like a light
Dead to this world
Unconscious
Dreaming
Riding a nightmare
Hibernating
Dozing
Sawin' Zzzzz's
Mr. Sandman (send me a dream..bum, bum, bum, bum...--good ol' song)'
Winkin, Blinkin and Nod
Nodding (especially fun to observe in symphony concerts until the snores come marching in)
Snoozin'
Spooning (now that's the best of 'em)
Interesting to consider how few words I can generate about sleep. Maybe we don't have many.
WW
Inelegant:
The Rack Monster
Out like a light
Dead to this world
Unconscious
Dreaming
Riding a nightmare
Hibernating
Dozing
Sawin' Zzzzz's
Mr. Sandman (send me a dream..bum, bum, bum, bum...--good ol' song)'
Winkin, Blinkin and Nod
Nodding (especially fun to observe in symphony concerts until the snores come marching in)
Snoozin'
Spooning (now that's the best of 'em)
Interesting to consider how few words I can generate about sleep. Maybe we don't have many.
WW
Re: after sleep - 12/02/01 11:19 PM
torpor, torpid
Re: after sleep - 12/02/01 11:31 PM
a word that relates to sleep as posthumous relates to death
1 born after the father‘s death
2 published after the author‘s death
3 arising or continuing after one‘s death
re-incarnate
redivivus
1 born after the father‘s death
2 published after the author‘s death
3 arising or continuing after one‘s death
re-incarnate
redivivus
Re: after sleep - 12/03/01 12:20 AM
subdreamonic? (I think I just coined it)
Coining in Q&A - 12/03/01 01:13 AM
You naughty boy![One hand on hip, finger shaking-e] You know that Miscellany is where you need to go to coin words. Shame on you!and rolling on the floor, too!
and rolling on the floor, too!
Re: Morpheus/Morpheous - 12/03/01 01:23 AM
Having my druthers, I'd rather be in the arms of Morpheus.[asleep]
... And to awakened by Orpheus.
... And to awakened by Orpheus.
Re: Coining in Q&A - 12/03/01 01:41 AM
Dear consuelo: gold is where you find it. So coin wherever the ore is.
Re: Coining in Q&A - 12/03/01 04:15 AM
You naughty boy![One hand on hip, finger shaking-e] You know that Miscellany is where you need to go to coin words. Shame on you!
Guilty 'til proven innocent!
(I was raised Catholic, you know!)
And I'm tickled that you found it funny, Connie...but I thought it was kind of...Poetic!
Guilty 'til proven innocent!
(I was raised Catholic, you know!)And I'm tickled that you found it funny, Connie...but I thought it was kind of...Poetic!
Re: after sleep - 12/03/01 06:03 AM
Can anyone think of a word that relates to sleep as posthumous relates to death?
How about "narcolepsy"? Some people suffer from "post prandial narcolepsy", an uncontrollable collapse into sleep after eating. A medication has very recently been developed to treat this condition.
How about "narcolepsy"? Some people suffer from "post prandial narcolepsy", an uncontrollable collapse into sleep after eating. A medication has very recently been developed to treat this condition.