half-awake

adjective

Barely awake.

OriginEnglish awake ← Middle English awake ← Old English āwacan →
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Meanings

adjectivehalf-awake (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBarely awake.

Origin

  1. Englishhalf-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ud-s-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂u-s-?
  4. Proto-Germanic*uz-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*uʀ-
  6. Old Englishar-
  7. Old Englishā-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*weǵ-
  9. Proto-Germanic*wakaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*wakan
  11. Old Englishwacan
  12. Old Englishāwacan
  13. Middle Englishawaken
  14. Middle Englishawake
  15. Englishawake
  16. Englishhalf-awake

From half- + awake.

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Translations

Finnish puolihereillä
  • puolihereilläbarely awake
German halb wach, halbwach
  • halb wachbarely awake
  • halbwachbarely awake
Greek αγουροξυπνημένος
  • αγουροξυπνημένος (agouroxypniménos)barely awake
Icelandic milli svefns og vöku, í svefnrofunum
  • milli svefns og vökubarely awake
  • í svefnrofunumbarely awake
Polish półprzytomny
  • półprzytomnybarely awake
Cite this entry
APA

half-awake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-awake

MLA

“half-awake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-awake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “half-awake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-awake.

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