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Hypnagogic: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Hypnagogic adjective. Belonging to the drowsy state between being awake and falling asleep.
How to say it
hip-nuh-GOJ-ik/ˌhɪpnəˈɡɒdʒɪk/
4 syllables, stressed on the third (GOJ).
Hypnagogic in a sentence
That sudden lurch of falling as you doze off is known as a hypnagogic jerk.
Her best ideas arrive in the hypnagogic haze just before sleep.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- drowsy
- half-asleep
Where hypnagogic comes from
From French hypnagogique, from Greek hupnos, sleep, and agōgos, leading.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
Her best ideas arrive in the _____ haze just before sleep.
- eupeptic
- hypnagogic
- anaemic
Show the answer
hypnagogic: Her best ideas arrive in the hypnagogic haze just before sleep.