LAND OF NOD


Meaning of LAND OF NOD in English

Usage: usually capitalized N

Etymology: from the Land of Nod in the Bible (Gen 4:16); influenced in meaning by nod (I) ; from the nodding in drowsiness

: the state of sleep

a friendly fat toad … who had lately taken himself off to the land of Nod under the rough bank fringing my lawn — David Gunston

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.