English Explanatory Dictionary

somnambulist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who walks about in their sleep; a sleepwalker.

Pronunciation

[sɒmˈnæmbjʊlɪst] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-somnambulist.wav

Word forms

somnambulist somnambulists

Etymology

Borrowed from French somnambuliste, from Medieval Latin somnambulus (“sleepwalker”). By surface analysis, somn- + -ambulist.

Related words

somnambulate somnambulistic
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