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 somnambulation
The cataleptic spasm which preceded the reverie and somnambulation in the patient, whose case is related in Sect.
Zoonomia, Vol. II |Erasmus DarwinThis mental effort is termed reverie, or somnambulation, and is described more at large in Sect.
Zoonomia, Vol. I |Erasmus Darwin
British Dictionary definitions for somnambulation
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