New and Noteworthy: February 4-8, 2008

Expand Your Sleep Vocabulary! 

A.W.A.D. does a week of words related to sleep

And the first word is SOMNILOQUY!

(Click on the word to read more about its etymology and usage.)

Somniloquy: The act or habit of talking while asleep.

Diurnation: The habit of sleeping or being dormant during the day.

Soporose: Sleepy; in an unusally deep sleep.

Hypnopompic : Pertaining to the semiconscious state before waking.

Lychnobite: One who works at night and sleeps during the day.