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somnambulist

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som⋅nam⋅bu⋅lism

  [som-nam-byuh-liz-uhm, suhm-]
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–noun
sleepwalking.
Origin:
1790–1800; < NL somnambulismus, equiv. to somn(us) sleep + ambul(āre) to walk + -ismus -ism

Related forms:
som⋅nam⋅bu⋅list, noun
som⋅nam⋅bu⋅lis⋅tic, adjective
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som·nam·bu·lism   (sŏm-nām'byə-lĭz'əm)   
n.  See sleepwalking.
som·nam'bu·list n., som·nam'bu·lis'tic adj.
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Word Origin & History

somnambulism 
1794 (as somnambulation), from Mod.L. somnambulus "sleepwalker," from L. somnus "sleep" (see somnolence) + ambulare "to walk" (see amble). Won out over noctambulation. To talk in one's sleep is somniloquence (1841).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: som·nam·bu·lism
Pronunciation: säm-'nam-by&-"liz-&m
Function: noun
1 : an abnormal condition of sleepin which motor acts (as walking) are performed
2 : actions characteristic of somnambulism —som·nam·bu·lis·tic /(")säm-"nam-by&-'lis-tik/ adjective

Main Entry: som·nam·bu·list
Pronunciation: -l&st
Function: noun
: SLEEPWALKER
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

somnambulism som·nam·bu·lism (sŏm-nām'byə-lĭz'əm)
n.
See sleepwalking.

som·nam'bu·lis'tic adj.

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