land of Nod

[nod] /nɒd/
noun
1.
the mythical land of sleep.
Origin
1725-35; pun on Land of Nod (Gen. 4:16); see nod
British Dictionary definitions for land of Nod

land of Nod

noun
1.
(Old Testament) a region to the east of Eden to which Cain went after he had killed Abel (Genesis 4:14)
2.
an imaginary land of sleep
Contemporary definitions for land of Nod
noun

sleep

Word Origin

a pun on the Biblical place name in Genesis

land of Nod in Culture

land of Nod definition


To “go off to the land of Nod,” or to “nod off,” is to go to sleep: “What a boring speech! Half the listeners are on their way to the land of Nod.”