Somnambulism
//sɒmˈnæmbjʊlɪzəm// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 walking by a person who is asleep wordnet
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From French somnambulisme, from New Latin somnambulus, from Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulō (“I walk”), + -ism.
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