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somnambulism
[ som-nam-byuh-liz-uhm, suhm- ]
somnambulism
/ sɒmˈnæmbjʊˌlɪzəm /
noun
- a condition that is characterized by walking while asleep or in a hypnotic trance Also callednoctambulism
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Derived Forms
- somˌnambuˈlistic, adjective
- somˈnambulist, noun
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Other Words From
- som·nam·bu·list noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of somnambulism1
First recorded in 1790–1800; from French somnambulisme, from New Latin somnambulismus, equivalent to somn(us) “sleep” + ambul(āre) “to walk” + -ismus -ism
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Example Sentences
In some intuitive way, surviving probably from the somnambulism, she knew or guessed as much as I knew.
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Such a state of mind was a real disease, or I know not if it may be called a kind of somnambulism.
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That night—it was after the funeral—his tendency to somnambulism manifested itself.
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Neither were her movements stiff and mechanical, as we often see in the representations of somnambulism on the stage.
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Magic, witchcraft, magnetism, somnambulism are certain to present many attractions to lovers of the marvelous.
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