Somniloquy

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or habit of talking in one's sleep. uncountable
  2. 2
    uttering speech while asleep wordnet
  3. 3
    Words spoken while sleeping. countable

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Etymology

From somni- (“sleep”) + -loquy (“speaking, speech”).

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