dorveille

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1)  A dreamlike semi-conscious state, such as while falling asleep or waking up, between periods of sleep, or from exhaustion; generally with reference to an altered mental state where there is no distinction between the fantastic and the familiar.

Usage notes

 * Usually italicized as a borrowing, most often used in reference to medieval poetry and literature.

Translations

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Etymology
Inherited from.

Noun

 * 1) the vivid sleep when one thinks one is still awake; lucid sleep
 * 2) * c. 1365, Guillaume de Mauchaut, La prise d'Alixandre
 * On dit que cils fait la dorveille Qui dort de l'ueil & dou cuer veille.
 * They say that those [people] perform dorveille Who sleep with their eyes, but are awake in their heart.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) dozing, drowsiness; more precisely, a state intermediate between being asleep and being awake
 * 2)  daydream, folly

Synonyms

 * , folie

Derived terms

 * (feign sleep, simulate sleep; attempt to force sleep during periods of insomnia)