somnambulist

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somnambulist

  • [sɒmˈnæmbjʊlɪst] UK

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Borrowed from French somnambuliste, from Medieval Latin somnambulus (“sleepwalker”). By surface analysis, somn- + -ambulist.

noun somnambulists

  1. A person who walks about in their sleep; a sleepwalker. The clergyman floundered a moment, as is usual with an absent man who is recovering the train of his ideas, or a somnambulist when he is suddenly awakened.

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noun a sleepwalker

Españolsonámbulo, somnámbulo
हिन्दीनिद्राचारी nidrācārī
Portuguêssonâmbulo, sonâmbula
Françaissomnambule
DeutschSchlafwandler, Schlafwandlerin
Italianosonnambulo
Ελληνικάυπνοβάτης ypnovátis
Românăsomnambul, somnambulist
Русскийлуна́тик lunátik, сомна́мбула somnámbula
עבריתסַהֲרוּרִי saharurí

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@misc{somnambulist_2026,
  title = {somnambulist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/somnambulist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}