semisomnolence

English

Etymology

semi- +‎ somnolence

Noun

semisomnolence (uncountable)

1. Partial somnolence.
   • 1968, Harvey J. Widroe, Ego Psychology and Psychiatric Treatment Planning, page 84:

     Semisomnolence always deserves careful appraisal for possible organic etiologies. Increased drowsiness may be secondary to an expanding intracranial lesion […]

   • 2020, Stephanie Laurens, The Inevitable Fall of Christopher Cynster:

     Eventually, the food was mostly gone, and two footmen arrived and carted the remnants away, leaving the company sipping wine and cider and lazing in semisomnolence in the afternoon's warmth.