Etymology

wideawake

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Today it means: A bird, the sooty tern. Full definition →

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wideawake · noun1

* From wide awake. * (hat): From a pun in Punch magazine, relating to the fact that the hat had no nap.

Wideawake · proper noun2

Named after a nearby colony of wideawakes, or sooty terns.

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