Lexic.us

Definition of Insomniac

1. Noun. Someone who cannot sleep.

2. Adjective. Experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness. "Twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"

Definition of Insomniac

1. Noun. One who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping; a sufferer from insomnia. ¹

2. Adjective. Suffering from or pertaining to insomnia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Insomniac

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Insomniac

1. 1. A sufferer from insomnia. 2. Exhibiting, tending toward, or producing insomnia. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insomniac

insolubilizing insoluble insoluble soap insolubleness insolublenesses insolubles insolubly insolvable insolvably insolvated

insolvencies insolvency insolvent insolvents insomnia insomniac (current term) insomniacs insomnias insomnious insomnolence

insomnolences insomnolent insomuch insonate insonation insonicate insonicated insonication insonify insonorous

Literary usage of Insomniac

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Public Health Protection by Henry Bixby Hemenway, Edwin Frederick Bowers, Mary Sewall Gardner (1916)
"Frequently the worst sufferers from insomnia are the family and friends of the insomniac, who have to listen to the lugubrious tales of his sleeplessness. ..."

2. The Century (1902)
"His eyes had the insomniac brilliance and the insomniac honesty. I do not think I even told him that I was sorry for him. The omission taunts me now that I ..."

3. Skin and Venereal Diseases (1906)
"The patient was nervous, irritable, and insomniac. ... During October he became steadily worse, losing weight and strength, being more and more insomniac. ..."

4. Side-stepping Ill Health by Edwin Frederick Bowers (1916)
"Frequently the worst sufferers from insomnia are the family and friends of the insomniac, who have to listen to the lugubrious tales of his sleeplessness. ..."

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