SLEEPLESS

lidless, sleepless

(adjective) always watchful; “to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of the public weal”- Alfred Tennyson

insomniac, sleepless, watchful

(adjective) experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; “insomniac old people”; “insomniac nights”; “lay sleepless all night”; “twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights”- Shakespeare

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

sleepless (comparative more sleepless, superlative most sleepless)

Characterized by an absence of sleep.

Source: Wiktionary


Sleep"less, a.

1. Having no sleep; wakeful.

2. Having no rest; perpetually agitated. "Biscay's sleepless bay." Byron.

– Sleep"less*ly, adv.

– Sleep"less*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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