somnipathy

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noun

Any sleep disorder.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounsomnipathy (countable and uncountable, plural somnipathies)

plural somnipathies

  1. countableuncountableAny sleep disorder.
  2. archaiccountableuncountableSleep induced by hypnosis or similar.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Latinsomnus“sleep”
  2. Englishsomnipathy

From Latin somnus (“sleep”) + -pathy.

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APA

somnipathy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnipathy

MLA

“somnipathy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnipathy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “somnipathy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnipathy.

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