[Ads-l] Antedating of "insomniac"

[Beth Young]

insomniac, n. A person who has insomnia. Also attributive or as *adj. *(OED
1908)

1877 *The Story of Avis*, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. Boston: Osgood. p.
341 (Google Books
<https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Story_of_Avis/vYIEAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=insomniac&pg=PA341&printsec=frontcover>
)

Avis looked at her with gaunt, insomniac eyes : it was evident that she had
not slept, but she was quite at ease.

Beth Young

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