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Somnambulism

//sɒmˈnæmbjʊlɪzəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    sleepwalking countable, uncountable

    "Meanwhile, towards the twelfth century, there come to be two weaknesses attached to this state of half-grown youth: by night somnambulism; in the daytime seeing of visions, trance, and the gift of tears."

  2. 2
    walking by a person who is asleep wordnet

Etymology

From French somnambulisme, from New Latin somnambulus, from Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulō (“I walk”), + -ism.

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