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noun
The phenomenon of sleepwalking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An instance of sleepwalking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
walking by a person who is asleep
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sleepwalking, somnambulism, noctambulism, noctambulation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: walk, walking, sleeping
History
From Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulatio (“a walking about”), from ambulare (“to walk”). See somnolent, amble.
