halfsleep
English
Etymology
half- + sleep
Noun
halfsleep (plural halfsleeps)
- State of between being awake and asleep at the same time; light sleep.
- 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 55, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 269:
- Nick found Judah still out on the floor next to the open and emptied safe. Winded and slobbering in a halfsleep.
Adjective
halfsleep (not comparable)
- In halfsleep.
Translations
state of being between awake and asleep
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