Meanings
comparative more sleeplike · superlative most sleeplike
- Resembling or characteristic of sleep.
One well-known and well-studied sleeplike state is called nyctinasty, or night movement.
2007 January 2, C. Claiborne Ray, “Sleeping Vines”, in New York Times
Origin
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