semisomnia
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin semi- (“half”) + somnus (“sleep”) + -ia. Compare with insomnia. Coined by British sleep expert Neil Stanley in 2007.[1]
Noun edit
semisomnia (uncountable)
- (neologism) A chronic state of low-grade exhaustion caused by too little or fitful sleep.
- 2007 December 7, Catherine Vonledebur, “Too tired to get night's sleep”, in Coventry Evening Telegraph:
- Like many people, Heidi is suffering from the effects of modern society's non-stop nature, and she is also struggling to separate her work and home life - what I call the "Blackberry-Bushed" cause of semisomnia.
Quotations edit
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:semisomnia.
References edit
- ^ Moira Petty, "Are you one of the millions of Britons suffering from 'semi-somnia'?", Daily Mail, 24 October 2007