- semiconsciousness
- noun see semiconscious
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
semiconsciousness
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semiconsciousness — See semiconsciously. * * * … Universalium
semiconsciousness — noun The state or quality of being semiconscious, neither unconscious nor fully aware … Wiktionary
semiconsciousness — n. partial consciousness, state of being partially conscious … English contemporary dictionary
semiconsciousness — semi·consciousness … English syllables
semiconsciousness — noun marginal consciousness his grogginess was caused as much by exhaustion as by the blows someone stole his wallet while he was in a drunken stupor • Syn: ↑grogginess, ↑stupor, ↑stupefaction • Derivationally related forms: ↑semiconscious, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
grogginess — noun 1. a dazed and staggering state caused by alcohol • Derivationally related forms: ↑groggy • Hypernyms: ↑drunkenness, ↑inebriation, ↑inebriety, ↑intoxication, ↑tipsiness, ↑insobriety … Useful english dictionary
stupefaction — noun 1. a feeling of stupefied astonishment • Derivationally related forms: ↑stupefy • Hypernyms: ↑astonishment, ↑amazement • Hyponyms: ↑daze, ↑shock, ↑stupor … Useful english dictionary
hypnopompic — adjective Etymology: hypn + Greek pompē act of sending more at pomp Date: circa 1901 associated with the semiconsciousness preceding waking < hypnopompic illusions > … New Collegiate Dictionary
semi- — prefix Etymology: Middle English, from Latin; akin to Old High German sāmi half, Greek hēmi 1. a. precisely half of: (1) forming a bisection of < semidiameter > (2) being a usually vertically bisected form of (a specified architectural feature) … New Collegiate Dictionary
semiconscious — adjective Date: 1839 incompletely conscious ; imperfectly aware or responsive • semiconsciousness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
