noun
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Meanings
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a person who walks while asleep
The somnambulist wandered into the hallway without waking.
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· a person who walks while...
sleepwalker
Word family
Derived forms
somnambulismsomnambulistic
Related forms
sleepwalking
Etymology
Borrowed from French somnambuliste, based on Medieval Latin somnambulus, ‘sleepwalker,’ from Latin somnus, ‘sleep,’ and ambulare, ‘to walk.’