Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who is subject to somnambulism; a person who walks in his sleep.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A person who is subject to somnambulism; one who walks in his sleep; a sleepwalker; a noctambulist.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person who walks about in his or her sleep; a sleepwalker.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who walks about in their sleep

Etymologies

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From Latin somnus ("sleep") + ambulō ("to walk").

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Examples

  • The poisoned lie, the nasty, gossiping tongue, the brutality of the unkind epigram, the business and social nastiness and treachery of to-day — these are the thrusts and scratches of the red animal when the somnambulist is in charge.

    The Somnambulists 2010

  • The poisoned lie, the nasty, gossiping tongue, the brutality of the unkind epigram, the business and social nastiness and treachery of to-day -- these are the thrusts and scratches of the red animal when the somnambulist is in charge.

    The Somnambulists 1910

  • Me (wondering if, when I'm napping, I somehow sleepwalk and rescue women from burning buildings, like a kind of somnambulist Superman): 'Look, I -'

    Mistaken Identity Sharon Bakar 2005

  • Me (wondering if, when I'm napping, I somehow sleepwalk and rescue women from burning buildings, like a kind of somnambulist Superman): 'Look, I -'

    Archive 2005-11-01 Sharon Bakar 2005

  • Whereas some would take a more somnambulist approach, just shrugging the shoulders and thinking how this could be yet another direct to DVD kind of film and sleepwalk through making a trailer for this movie, this trailer embraces its badness in a way that feels like the spirit of Lloyd Kaufman extends well beyond the viscous halls of Troma Entertainment.

    This Week In Trailers: Trash Humpers, It’s A Wonderful Afterlife, Mega Piranha, Peacock, Casino Jack and the United States of Money | /Film 2010

  • So he left her to remain in the shop in a waking trance, and went away himself down the street like a somnambulist.

    Chapter 2 2010

  • She moped and moved through the office like a somnambulist, doing in hours what it would take any other person minutes to accomplish.

    Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011

  • Such must have been Mr. Pike's profundity of passion, that he paused like a somnambulist, actually rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand, and seemed to awaken.

    CHAPTER XLII 2010

  • She moped and moved through the office like a somnambulist, doing in hours what it would take any other person minutes to accomplish.

    Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011

  • She moped and moved through the office like a somnambulist, doing in hours what it would take any other person minutes to accomplish.

    Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011

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