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Sleepless \Sleep"less\, a.

1. Having no sleep; wakeful. [1913 Webster]

2. Having no rest; perpetually agitated. "Biscay's sleepless bay." --Byron. [1913 Webster] -- Sleep"less*ly, adv. -- Sleep"less*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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sleepless adj
1: experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"- Shakespeare [syn: insomniac, watchful]
2: without having the eyes closed or covered by the eyelids; "to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of the public weal"- Alfred Tennyson [syn: lidless]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Sleepless \Sleep"less\, a.

1. Having no sleep; wakeful.

2. Having no rest; perpetually agitated. ``Biscay's sleepless bay.'' --Byron. -- Sleep"less*ly, adv. -- Sleep"less*ness, n.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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