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sleepless

sleep·less

UK/ˈsliːpləs/ US/ˈsliplʌs/ fairly common

adjective

1.

experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness

  • “insomniac old people”
  • “insomniac nights”
  • “lay sleepless all night”
  • “twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights” Shakespeare
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2.

without having the eyes closed or covered by the eyelids

  • “to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of the public weal” Alfred Tennyson
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Origin

From Middle English slepeles, from Old English slǣplēas; equivalent to sleep + -less.

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