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almandine

al·man·dine

UK/ˈal.mən.dʌɪn/ US/ˈæl.mənˌdin/ uncommon

noun

1.
2.

a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep

  • “accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come”
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Origin

An alteration of the earlier alabandine, from Latin alabandina, from Alabanda, a town in Caria, a province of Asia Minor, where the mineral was found.

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