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- noun An awakening or arousing.
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she commented on the word expergefaction
n., waking-up (From Latin for 'make awake')
This is the effect an expergefactor has.
July 7, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word expergefaction
JM plans, after expergefaction, then explateration over coffee (but always expiscating)
February 1, 2009
Gammerstang commented on the word expergefaction
You can call your alarm clock an expergefactor. (noun) - The action of awakening or rousing; the state, condition, or fact of being awakened or aroused. Adopted from Latin expergene, to awaken, and facere, to make, cause; hence expergiscence, an awakening from sleep. --Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1897
January 9, 2018