somnambulism
Origin of somnambulism
1Other words from somnambulism
- som·nam·bu·list, noun
Words Nearby somnambulism
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How to use somnambulism in a sentence
In some intuitive way, surviving probably from the somnambulism, she knew or guessed as much as I knew.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodSuch a state of mind was a real disease, or I know not if it may be called a kind of somnambulism.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoThat night—it was after the funeral—his tendency to somnambulism manifested itself.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineNeither were her movements stiff and mechanical, as we often see in the representations of somnambulism on the stage.
Magic, witchcraft, magnetism, somnambulism are certain to present many attractions to lovers of the marvelous.
Brother Jacques (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume XVII) | Charles Paul de Kock
British Dictionary definitions for somnambulism
/ (sɒmˈnæmbjʊˌlɪzəm) /
a condition that is characterized by walking while asleep or in a hypnotic trance: Also called: noctambulism
Derived forms of somnambulism
- somnambulist, noun
- somnambulistic, adjective
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