somnambulation
21sleepwalk — /sleep wawk /, v.i. 1. to engage in sleepwalking. n. 2. an act of sleepwalking; somnambulation. [1920 25; back formation from SLEEPWALKING] * * * …
22somnambulate — somnambulant, adj., n. somnambulation, n. /som nam byeuh layt , seuhm /, v.i., somnambulated, somnambulating. to walk during sleep; sleepwalk. [1825 35; < L somn(us) sleep + AMBULATE] * * * …
23somnambulatory — adjective a) Of, pertaining to, or subject to somnambulation b) Carried out while sleepwalking …
24somnambulate — verb To walk while sleeping. Syn: sleepwalk See Also: somnambular, somnambulation, somnambulator, somnambulism, somnambulist, somnambulistic …
25somnambulism — 1794 (as somnambulation), from Mod.L. somnambulus sleepwalker, from L. somnus sleep (see SOMNOLENCE (Cf. somnolence)) + ambulare to walk (see AMBLE (Cf. amble)). Won out over noctambulation …
26somnambulism — n. Sleep walking, somnambulation …
27noctambulism — n noctambulation, sleepwalking, somnambulism, somnambulation, somnambulance …
28somnambulism — n sleepwalking, noctambulism, Rare. nightwalking; somnambulation, noctambula tion …
29somnambulate — [c]/sɒmˈnæmbjəleɪt/ (say som nambyuhlayt) verb (somnambulated, somnambulating) –verb (i) 1. to walk during sleep, as a somnambulist does. –verb (t) 2. to traverse during sleep. {Latin somnus sleep + ambulate (from Latin ambulātus, past participle …
30somnambulate — [säm nam′byo͞o lāt΄, səmnam′byo͞o lāt΄] vi. somnambulated, somnambulating [< L somnus, sleep (see SOMNUS) + ambulatus, pp. of ambulare, to walk: see AMBLE] to get up and move about in a trancelike state while asleep somnambulant adj.… …
