Hypnagogic (adj)
hip-na-godj-ik
Relating to the state immediately before falling asleep.
Late 19th century: from French hypnagogique, from Greek hupnos ‘sleep’ + agōgos ‘leading’ (from agein ‘to lead’).
Example sentences
“Sleep paralysis mostly occurs when people are in the hypnagogic state.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
