sleepiphany
noun/slɪˈpɪf.ə.ni/
Etymology Blend of sleep + epiphany.
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An illuminating realization or discovery revealed in a dream or during sleep.
- Von den Vorschlägen rest-creational activity, ennightenment, indreamuity, daybreakthrough, temporeverie, dozepiphany, sleeplution, somnolution, hypknowsis, hypnosynthesis, sleepiphany, twilightenment und einigen weiteren bevorzuge ich ennightenment und dozepiphany.2013 December 4, Kurt Bracharz, Für reife Leser, Haymon Verlag, →ISBN:
- 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.2015 May 29, Alison Crutchley, “Phablets and fauxhawks: the linguistic secrets of a good blended word”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2022:
2 more examples
- I had, if you will, a sleepiphany. I had achieved third-trimester pregnancy nirvana — a heavenly, pain-free night of sleep.2017 November 15, Caroline Hand, “I Had My Baby, But I Will Not Give Up My Pregnancy Pillow”, in Romper.com, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2022:
- Alan J. Rocke, in his book Image and Reality, describes several great thinkers who have experienced the Eureka, a Pentecost or outpouring of the spirit, the aha moment, a “semi-hypnagogic state”, or “sleepiphany” and “ennightenment.”2020 June 9, Carolyn H. Pells, The Immortal Soul: An Explanation of My Near-Death Experience Through Science, Religion, and Art, iUniverse, →ISBN: