somnambulate

American  

[som-nam-byuh-leyt, suhm-] / sɒmˈnæm byəˌleɪt, səm- /

verb (used without object)

somnambulated, somnambulating

1. to walk during sleep; engage in sleepwalking.

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somnambulate British  

/ sɒmˈnæmbjʊˌleɪt /

verb

1. (intr) to walk while asleep

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Other Word Forms

• somnambulance noun
• somnambulant adjective
• somnambulation noun
• somnambulator noun

Etymology

Origin of somnambulate

First recorded in 1825–35; somn(i-) ( def. ) + ambulate

Example Sentences

Despite somnambulating his way through a phony-baloney paint-by-numbers display of empathy and involvement, the pundits fell for it all over again.

From Salon

Young men somnambulated toward photographers in board shorts and leis — their face a waxy glow and fake blood dripping from the corners of their mouth.

From Washington Post

A device like a ship's intercom receives messages from this realm of the unreal – surely, in surrealist terms, the realm of dreams – while a somnambulating psychoanalyst, a Freud-like wraith, also wafts along.

From The Guardian

"I'm a somnambulist, only I somnambulate faster than most people."

From Project Gutenberg

I had an uncle that somnambulated, and he used to hide the sheets in an old carriage in the barn.

From Project Gutenberg