awakeness

English

Etymology

From awake +‎ -ness.

Noun

awakeness (uncountable)

1. The quality or state of being awake
   • 1922, Angela Brazil, The Jolliest School of All‎^[1]:

     "I sat up in bed with that feeling of broad awakeness and alertness which comes to us sometimes, and caught my breath as I listened, for through the stillness of the night came the unmistakable sound of a gentle tapping from behind the paneling of the wall.

   • 1991 March 22, John Brizzolara, “Equal Temperament”, in Chicago Reader‎^[2]:

     The kind of awakeness that allows you to be appropriate to whatever moment you're in.

   • 1999 April 9, Robert F. Service, “Chemists Mix It Up in California”, in Science‎^[3], volume 284, number 5412, →DOI, pages 243–244:

     By that measure, Nehlig's team found, the brain activity of animals given caffeine rose in brain regions involved in locomotion, mood, and awakeness.

Related terms

• wakefulness
• wakeup
• wokeness