somnia

somnolency somnial (som'ni-al), a. [ somnial is , of or pertaining to dreams, 2. In pathol., a state intermediate between sleeping and waking. somnolency (som'no-len-si), n. [As somnolence (see-cy).] Same as somnolence. somnolent (som'nō-lent), a. [ somnolent somnus, sleep: see somnolent.] Pertaining to or involving dreams; relating to dreams. [Rare.] To presage or foretel an evil, especially in what concern eth the exploits of the soul, in matter of somnial divinations. Urquhart, tr. of Rabelais, iii. 14. Cole ridge. The somnial magic superinduced on, without suspending, the active powers of the mind.