Friday, June 26, 2015

Word of the day: hypnagogic

The word of the day is hypnagogic:

  1. of or pertaining to drowsiness.
  2. inducing drowsiness. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hypnagogic)

"It was a will-o'-the-wisp leading her onward, farther into the perilous marsh of Bed-Stuy, deeper into a dreamlike, hypnagogic state."

- Lev Grossman, The Magician King

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