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Old 05-16-2017, 08:32 AM   #9
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Default Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week (#42): Doesn't Sleep, Less Sleep

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Originally Posted by Icelander View Post
Somnivore sounds like someone who eats in his sleep. Probably messily.
That's why I put in the extra -i-. Somnus, somni-, sleep; somnium, somnii-, dream. Though I suppose that could also be someone who dreams about food!

(When you dream of eating, does the food have any taste? In my dreams, food is more like the abstract notion of food, without nutritive value or actual flavor.)
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