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hypnopompic

[ hip-nuh-pom-pik ]

adjective

Psychology.
  1. of or relating to the semiconscious state prior to complete wakefulness.


hypnopompic

/ ˌhɪpnəʊˈpɒmpɪk /

adjective

  1. psychol relating to the state existing between sleep and full waking, characterized by the persistence of dreamlike imagery See also hypnagogic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hypnopompic1

1900–05; hypno- + Greek pomp ( ) sending away ( pomp ) + -ic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hypnopompic1

C20: from hypno- + Greek pompē a sending forth, escort + -ic ; see pomp
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Example Sentences

That's the trouble with our society: it doesn't know whether it's coming or going, arriving in hypnopompic splendour, or departing in a dusty puff of benzodiazepines.

Magdalena woke up in a hypnopompic state.

From BBC

Better get my sucketysucketysuck hypnopompic lips in gear :::: Whoosh.

Magadalena plumped her hypnopompic labioplastic lips :::: Madre.

He could no be so stupido to use a word like hypnopompic twice :::: "Get away from my white linen suit," Tomtomtom Tomed.

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