hypnopompic \hip-nuh-POM-pik\,
adjective:
Of or pertaining to the semiconscious state prior to complete wakefulness.
Hypnopompic literally means “sending away sleep” in Greek. It was coined in English in the early 1900s from the roots hypno- meaning “sleep” and pomp meaning “sending away.”
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Or before caffeine.
Yep. I know a lot of people who need caffeine to wake up.