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wideawake¹

Where it comes from

* From wide awake.

* (hat): From a pun in Punch magazine, relating to the fact that the hat had no nap.

noun wideawakes · wide-awake

  1. A bird, the sooty tern.
  2. historical A type of hat with a broad brim made of black or brown felt. 1884, Henry James, "The Author of Beltraffio" in The English Illustrated Magazine 1 (9–10) (June–July 1884). "He carried his benevolence to the point of coming to meet me at the little station at which I was to alight, and my heart beat very fast as I saw his handsome face, surmounted with a soft wi

    Similar: wideawake hat

Wideawake²

Where it comes from

Named after a nearby colony of wideawakes, or sooty terns.

proper noun

  1. US, informal Ascension Island

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@misc{wideawake_2026,
  title = {wideawake},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wideawake},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}