predormitaladj.

Brit.

/priːˈdɔːmᵻtl/, U.S.

/priˈdɔrmədl/

Forms: 1900s– praedormital (rare), 1900s– predormital.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: pre- prefix, Latin dormīt- , dormīre , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + classical Latin dormīt-, past participial stem of dormīre to sleep (see dormition n.) + -al suffix¹.

Occurring or experienced in the period immediately before falling asleep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > connected with falling asleep

predormital1939

1939 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 Sept. 636/2 Five eminent newspaper editors known to him as subjects of predormital or crepuscular hallucinosis.

1947 V. Nabokov Bend Sinister 11 Suddenly, with the vividness of a prædormital image or of a bright-robed lady on stained glass, she drifted across his retina, in profile, carrying something.

1977 Jrnl. Behavior Therapy & Exper. Psychiatry 8 58/1 Thirteen male college students and college staff..were medically diagnosed as suffering from chronic predormital insomnia.

1998 Behavioural Neurol. 11 109/1 A diagnosis of predormital isolated sleep paralysis was made.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	predormital
释义	predormitaladj. Brit. /priːˈdɔːmᵻtl/, U.S. /priˈdɔrmədl/ Forms: 1900s– praedormital (rare), 1900s– predormital. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: pre- prefix, Latin dormīt- , dormīre , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < pre- prefix + classical Latin dormīt-, past participial stem of dormīre to sleep (see dormition n.) + -al suffix¹. Occurring or experienced in the period immediately before falling asleep. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > connected with falling asleep predormital1939 1939 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 Sept. 636/2 Five eminent newspaper editors known to him as subjects of predormital or crepuscular hallucinosis. 1947 V. Nabokov Bend Sinister 11 Suddenly, with the vividness of a prædormital image or of a bright-robed lady on stained glass, she drifted across his retina, in profile, carrying something. 1977 Jrnl. Behavior Therapy & Exper. Psychiatry 8 58/1 Thirteen male college students and college staff..were medically diagnosed as suffering from chronic predormital insomnia. 1998 Behavioural Neurol. 11 109/1 A diagnosis of predormital isolated sleep paralysis was made. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1939
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