Word of the Day: obdormition

obdormition (n)

Numbness, or the tingling felt when a limb is "asleep."

"[I] lay there in a state of obdormition, more dead than alive, but alive still, alive nevertheless, relentlessly alive to the mysterious and deathless...."
--Alexander Theroux, Darconville's Cat

Yeah, I hate limping around when my foot falls asleep; don't we all? Sometimes, late at night, I just wish my head would fall asleep.