Hypnopompic

Carolyn Fay
2008 Feb 08

Hypnopompic (hip-no-POM-pik) adjective

Pertaining to the semiconscious state before waking.

[From Greek hypnos (sleep) + pompe (sending away).]

"In my customarily prolonged hypnopompic condition on Saturday morning,
I became aware that there was a government 'initiative' about passports."
Bryan Appleyard; My Life As a Sock Puppet; New Statesman (London, UK);
Feb 26, 2007.

Source: A.W.A.D.