insomnolence

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As for myself, had I the wings of an eagle, most likely I should still fly to you, and to several other quarters; but with railways and tub-gigs, and my talent for insomnolence, and fretting myself to fiddlestrings with all terrestrial locomotion whatsoever -- alas, alas!

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  1. Sleeplessness; insomnia. [Rare.] Twelve by the kitchen clock!—still restless!—One! O, Doctor, for one of thy comfortable draughts!—Two! here's a case of insomnolence! Southey, The Doctor, vi. A. 1.

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  • As for myself, had I the wings of an eagle, most likely I should still fly to you, and to several other quarters; but with railways and tub-gigs, and my talent for insomnolence, and fretting myself to fiddlestrings with all terrestrial locomotion whatsoever -- alas, alas! —  Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1
 

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  1. = Portuguese insomnolencia; as in- + somnolence.
 

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