noctambulism
Americannoun
noun
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- noctambule noun
- noctambulist noun
Etymology
Origin of noctambulism
First recorded in 1855–60; noctambul(ous) + -ism
Example Sentences
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Sleep walking or night wandering, known also by its Latin name of noctambulism, is a well-known phenomenon.
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Often and often since then, when noctambulism was the fashion, have we, future great men, spent whole nights there, elbows on table, amidst tobacco smoke and literary talk.
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