insomniac
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No one was more skillful than she in the confessions of an insomniac, in those redundant yet stirring epics, which she intoned with the dignity of ritual, her hypnotic narration like that of some folk poet 'steeped in the oral tradition.'
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- noun One who suffers from insomnia.
- adjective Having or causing insomnia.
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No one was more skillful than she in the confessions of an insomniac, in those redundant yet stirring epics, which she intoned with the dignity of ritual, her hypnotic narration like that of some folk poet 'steeped in the oral tradition.'
— Writing a Novel - "I'd rather have a husband with a clear conscience than a galloping insomniac, and if you change your mind, you don't have to give them her address." — Disordered Minds
- That was a wild, insomniac-at-midnight idea. — Analog Science Fiction and Fact
- An insomniac, the man often stayed up past dawn. — Garden of Beasts
- For an insomniac, a piece of cake. — December 6
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/ (ĭn-sŏmˈnē-ăkˌ)/
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