This week's theme: words related to sleep. hypnopompic (hip-no-POM-pik) adjective
Pertaining to the semiconscious state before waking. [From Greek hypnos (sleep) + pompe (sending away).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "In my customarily prolonged hypnopompic condition on Saturday morning, I became aware that there was a government 'initiative' about passports." Bryan Appleyard; My Life As a Sock Puppet; New Statesman (London, UK); Feb 26, 2007. This newsletter is supported by these sponsors: Beautiful...sometimes comic...always wise. http://www.brokencolors.com WildWords vs. Scrabble: More words. More game. More Fun. No Memorizing Lists. New tiles, squares, and rules favor long, not short, words. http://wildwords.us See a map of your word in the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=h7q ............................................................................ If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, learning, etc., beginning from his youth and so go on to old age, what a bundle of inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at last! -Jonathan Swift, satirist (1667-1745) Online Chat: Join us in an online chat with Ben Yagoda, author of "When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It". Mon, Feb 25, 6pm Pacific (GMT -8) at http://wordsmith.org/chat Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/hypnopompic.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/hypnopompic.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/hypnopompic.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
