different between sleepless vs sleepness

English

Etymology

From Middle English slepeles, from Old English sl?pl?as; equivalent to sleep +? -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sli?pl?s/
• Hyphenation: sleep?less

Adjective

sleepless (comparative more sleepless, superlative most sleepless)

1. Characterized by an absence of sleep.

   I spent a sleepless night worrying about the exams.

Derived terms

• sleeplessly
• sleeplessness

Translations

English

Etymology

From sleep +? -ness.

Noun

sleepness (plural sleepnesses)

1. The state, condition, or instance of sleeping; sleep; sleepfulness.
   • 1993, Fernando Pessoa, Maria Teresa Rita Lopes, Pessoa inédito:

     [...] Thy mouth or teeth, or thy hand, And notest how my soul devours With a sleepness like to trance [...]

   • 2004, Chris A. M. Hermans, Mary Elizabeth Moore, Hermeneutics And Empirical Research In Practical Theology:

     " [...] thing which makes us mad or delirious, inspires us with dread and fear, whether by night or by day, brings us sleepness, inopportune mistakes, aimless anxieties, absent-mindedness and acts that are contrary to habit" [...]

   • 2005, Alvin Cordes, The Translators New Testament:

     [...] And to hard labor and weariness, in many sleepnesses, in famine and thirst, in many fastings, in cold and nakedness, 28 Besides of which (matters) outside, the standing on of me what (is) according to the day, the care of all the churches.

   • 2008, Chinh Van Chinh Van Pham, Fasting And Meditation To Live Happily:

     The best style of taking a rest is the sleepness. A good, lasting sleepness helps the body quickly recover the energy that is lost.

   • 2012, Dahn A. Batchelor, Whistling in the Face of Robbers:

     That's because Hitler would stay up all night talking to them until sleepness over took him. They certainly didn't let sleepness overtake them while Hitler was talking.