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单词 noctambulate
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noctambulatev.

Brit. /nɒkˈtambjᵿleɪt/, U.S. /nɑkˈtæmbjəˌleɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nocti- comb. form, ambulate v.
Etymology: < nocti- comb. form + ambulate v., after noctambulation n., noctambulator n. Compare French noctambuler (1866). Compare earlier somnambulate vb. at somn- comb. form .
intransitive. To walk about at night.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > walk at night
noctambulate1955
1955 H. Spring These Lovers fled Away 206 Now and then I would noctambulate through the city.
1988 R. Johnson Oxf. Myths 21 Right up until the nineteenth century the University police could arrest citizens for noctambulating.
1993 A. Lane et al. Subterranean World (song) in A. Lane Dirty Pearl (record sleeve notes) All the bushy brats turned out from The western burgs..Noctambulating around nowheresville.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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