obdormition

noun
/ɒb.dɔːˈmɪ.ʃən/UK/ɑb.dɔːɹˈmɪ.ʃən/US

Etymology

From ob- + dormition.

  1. derived from dormītiōnem
  2. borrowed from dormition
  3. prefixed as obdormition — “ob + dormition

Definitions

  1. The sensation of numbness that occurs in a limb when it falls asleep due to pressure on a…

    The sensation of numbness that occurs in a limb when it falls asleep due to pressure on a nerve.

  2. Falling asleep

    Falling asleep; the condition of being asleep.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for obdormition. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA