somnambulate
[ som-nam-byuh-leyt, suh m- ]
/ sɒmˈnæm byəˌleɪt, səm- /
verb (used without object), som·nam·bu·lat·ed, som·nam·bu·lat·ing.
to walk during sleep; sleepwalk.
Origin of somnambulate
1825–35; < Latin
somn(us) sleep +
ambulate
OTHER WORDS FROM somnambulate
som·nam·bu·lant, adjective, noun som·nam·bu·la·tion, nounWords nearby somnambulate
somewise,
somite,
somme,
sommelier,
sommerfeld,
somnambulate,
somnambulism,
somni-,
somnifacient,
somniferous,
somnific
Example sentences from the Web for somnambulant
So pungently vital to somnambulant mankind at that epoch; to us fallen dead as carrion, and unendurable to think of.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIII. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for somnambulant
somnambulate
/ (sɒmˈnæmbjʊˌleɪt) /
verb
(intr)
to walk while asleep
Derived forms of somnambulate
somnambulance, noun somnambulant, adjective, noun somnambulation, noun somnambulator, nounWord Origin for somnambulate
C19: from Latin
somnus sleep +
ambulāre to walk