'Somnipathy' definitions:

Definition of 'Somnipathy'

From: GCIDE
  • Somnipathy \Som*nip"a*thy\, n. [L. somnus sleep + Gr. ? a suffering of the body, fr. ?, ?, to suffer.] Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like. [Written also somnopathy.] [1913 Webster] Somnolence