May 24, 2018 12:26
5 yrs ago
English term
omnogogic
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The term is from St Aubyn's "Mother's Milk". Let me give the context:
Patrick is having a hard time falling asleep. He is caught in a vicious cycle of thoughts. Trying to get rid of it, he gets up, changes rooms and slides into the bed where his wife and little son is sleeping.
"Patrick lay on his side, teetering on the edge of the bed. He certainly wasn’t going to get any sleep in this precarious sardine tin, but if he could just let his mind glide along, he might get some rest; if he could go omnogogic, gaining the looseness of dreams without their tyranny, that would be something. He was just going to forget about the Julia incident. What Julia incident?"
I couldn't find anything about "omnogogic", or even anything close to it. Does anybody have an idea what it can be? Thanks
The term is from St Aubyn's "Mother's Milk". Let me give the context:
Patrick is having a hard time falling asleep. He is caught in a vicious cycle of thoughts. Trying to get rid of it, he gets up, changes rooms and slides into the bed where his wife and little son is sleeping.
"Patrick lay on his side, teetering on the edge of the bed. He certainly wasn’t going to get any sleep in this precarious sardine tin, but if he could just let his mind glide along, he might get some rest; if he could go omnogogic, gaining the looseness of dreams without their tyranny, that would be something. He was just going to forget about the Julia incident. What Julia incident?"
I couldn't find anything about "omnogogic", or even anything close to it. Does anybody have an idea what it can be? Thanks
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4 +2 | hypnagogic | philgoddard |
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hypnagogic
I'm guessing that maybe someone misread the author's handwriting.
hypnagogic
relating to, or occurring in the period of drowsiness immediately preceding sleep. hypnagogic hallucinations
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypnagogic
hypnagogic
relating to, or occurring in the period of drowsiness immediately preceding sleep. hypnagogic hallucinations
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypnagogic
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Charles Davis
: I think it's probably a typo for "somnogogic", which gives me precisely two Google results, but would be a synonym of "hypnagogic", using the Latin root for "sleep" (somnus) rather than the proper Greek one (hypnos).
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Thanks. Whatever went wrong, I think the meaning is clear.
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Daryo
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Comment: "thanks!"
Discussion
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia
https://www.coursehero.com/file/p486ukd/Greek-hypnos-meaning...