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sleepiphany

noun
/slɪˈpɪf.ə.ni/

Etymology

Blend of sleep + epiphany.

  1. derived from ἐπιφάνεια
  2. derived from epiphania
  3. derived from epyphanie
  4. inherited from epiphanie
  5. compounded as sleepiphany — “sleep + epiphany”

Definitions

  1. An illuminating realization or discovery revealed in a dream or during sleep.

    • If nothing else, this list might explain why I shun webinars and go to bed every night hoping for a sleepiphany. And the people I know on Twitter are my friends. Don’t even think about calling them tweeple.
    • I had, if you will, a sleepiphany. I had achieved third-trimester pregnancy nirvana — a heavenly, pain-free night of sleep.

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