somn-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

combining form of Latin somnus, used in words based on Latin ambulāre to walk; the oldest of these in English use are somnambulation, somnambulism, and somnambulist. (For variant, and in some cases earlier, terms see noct- at nocti- comb. form Forms.)

somnambulance n.

Brit.

/sɒmˈnambjᵿləns/

U.S.

/sɑmˈnæmbjələns/

sleepwalking, somnambulism.

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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > walking in sleep

walking1607

night walking1621

noctambulation1721

somnambulation1794

sleepwalking1797

somnambulism1797

noctambulism1807

somnambulency1829

somnambulance1885

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [noun] > sleep-walking

night walking1621

noctambulation1721

somnambulation1794

sleepwalking1797

somnambulism1797

noctambulism1807

somnambulency1829

somnambulance1885

1885 Science 6 78 Committees were appointed on..hypnotism, clairvoyance, and somnambulance.

1905 Daily News 21 Jan. 6 His old habit or infirmity of somnambulance came back to him.

somnambulant adj. and n.

Brit.

/sɒmˈnambjᵿlənt/

U.S.

/sɑmˈnæmbjələnt/

(a) adj. walking in sleep, somnambulic; (b) n. a somnambulist.

1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Mem. (1883) I. 231 Four such nights might have made a somnambulant of a much stronger woman than me.

1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell xlix He was listless, passive, somnolent,—somnambulant.

1887 Sat. Rev. 15 Jan. 80 To walk in her sleep and to poison herself while in a somnambulant condition.

somnambular adj.

Brit.

/sɒmˈnambjᵿlə/

U.S.

/sɑmˈnæmbjələr/

of or pertaining to sleepwalking; also loosely, connected with, of the nature of, sleep.

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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > walking in sleep

sleepwalking1797

somnambulary1827

somnambular1830

somnambulic1841

somnambulistic1841

somnambulous1873

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > sleep-walking > of states or actions

somnambulary1827

somnambular1830

somnambulic1841

somnambulistic1841

somnambulating1876

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [adjective] > sleep-walking

sleepwalking1797

somnambulary1827

somnambular1830

somnambulic1841

somnambulistic1841

somnambulous1873

1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford II. iv. 128 The pair..mounted the stairs, arm-in-arm, in search of somnabular [read somnambular] accommodations.

1860 E. B. Browning Napoleon III in Italy v, in Poems before Congress While the palpitating peaks break out Ecstatic from somnambular repose.

1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story I. ii. 14 An ardent believer of the reality of somnambular clairvoyance.

somnambulary adj.

Brit.

/sɒmˈnambjᵿləri/

U.S.

/sɑmˈnæmbjəˌlɛri/

= somnambular adj.

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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > walking in sleep

sleepwalking1797

somnambulary1827

somnambular1830

somnambulic1841

somnambulistic1841

somnambulous1873

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > sleep-walking > of states or actions

somnambulary1827

somnambular1830

somnambulic1841

somnambulistic1841

somnambulating1876

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [adjective] > sleep-walking

sleepwalking1797

somnambulary1827

somnambular1830

somnambulic1841

somnambulistic1841

somnambulous1873

1827 A. Sutherland Tales of Pilgrim 369 I had become a sleep-walker; but whither my somnambulary adventures had conducted me, was a riddle I had yet to solve.

somnambulate v.

Brit.

/sɒmˈnambjᵿleɪt/

U.S.

/sɑmˈnæmbjəˌleɪt/

(intransitive) to walk during sleep; transitive, to walk along (a place) while asleep.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > sleep-walk

to walk in one's sleep1596

walka1616

somnambulize1832

somnambulate1833

sleepwalk1923

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > in sleep

somnambulize1832

somnambulate1833

sleepwalk1923

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > walk along (a place) in sleep

somnambulate1833

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > have stupor or coma [verb (intransitive)] > sleep-walk

to walk in one's sleep1596

walka1616

somnambulize1832

somnambulate1833

sleepwalk1923

1833 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) V. 127 This inarticulate age which slumbers and somnambulates.

1840 T. Carlyle Diamond Necklace xiv His Eminence again somnambulates the Promenade de la Rose.

1873 M. Collins Squire Silchester II. xiv. 178 The latter, sometimes over~eating themselves, somnambulate.

somnambulating adj.

Brit.

/sɒmˈnambjᵿleɪtɪŋ/

U.S.

/sɑmˈnæmbjəˌleɪdɪŋ/

sleepwalking.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > sleep-walking > of states or actions

somnambulary1827

somnambular1830

somnambulic1841

somnambulistic1841

somnambulating1876

1876 Contemp. Rev. June 126 A somnambulating philosophy.

somnambulation n.

Brit.

/sɒmˌnambjᵿˈleɪʃn/

U.S.

/sɑmˌnæmbjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

[modern Latin somnambulatio] the action or fact of walking in sleep.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > sleepwalking

walking1607

somnambulation1794

sleepwalking1797

somnambulism1797

somnambulency1829

moonwalking1919

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > walking in sleep

walking1607

night walking1621

noctambulation1721

somnambulation1794

sleepwalking1797

somnambulism1797

noctambulism1807

somnambulency1829

somnambulance1885

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [noun] > sleep-walking

night walking1621

noctambulation1721

somnambulation1794

sleepwalking1797

somnambulism1797

noctambulism1807

somnambulency1829

somnambulance1885

1794–6 E. Darwin Zoonomia (1801) I. 325 Though in its greatest degree it has been called somnambulation or sleep-walking, it is totally different from that sleep.

1803 T. Beddoes Hygëia III. ix. 130 The lady, whose reverie or somnambulation is described.

1862 G. MacDonald David Elginbrod iii. xvii The next day she had a bad head-ache. This with her always followed somnambulation.

somnambulator n.

Brit.

/sɒmˈnambjᵿleɪtə/

U.S.

/sɑmˈnæmbjəˌleɪdər/

= somnambulation n.

ΘΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > sleepwalking > one who

noctambuloa1631

noct-ambler1680

noctambulant1685

noctambulist1731

noctambulec1740

sleepwalker1747

night-walker1753

somnambulist1794

somnambulator1822

somnambule1837

moonwalker1950

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > walking in sleep > one who

noctambuloa1631

noctambulist1731

sleepwalker1747

night-walker1753

somnambulist1794

somnambulator1822

somnambule1837

1822 Prichard Dis. Nervous Syst. I. 404 Hoffmann cites the case of a somnambulator, which [etc.].

somnambule n.

Brit.

/sɒmˈnambjuːl/

/sɒmˈnambjᵿl/

U.S.

/sɑmˈnæmˌbjul/

/sɑmˈnæmbjəl/

[ < French somnambule (1688), Spanish somnambulo, sonambulo, Portuguese sonambulo, modern Latin somnambulus, -ambulo] a somnambulist.

ΘΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > sleepwalking > one who

noctambuloa1631

noct-ambler1680

noctambulant1685

noctambulist1731

noctambulec1740

sleepwalker1747

night-walker1753

somnambulist1794

somnambulator1822

somnambule1837

moonwalker1950

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > walking in sleep > one who

noctambuloa1631

noctambulist1731

sleepwalker1747

night-walker1753

somnambulist1794

somnambulator1822

somnambule1837

1837 J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe II. 288 A woman, who was subject to the magnetic influence, or who was what is commonly called a somnambule.

1850 J. Braid Observ. Trance 30 The same discretion ought also to be extended to the modes of testing somnambules.

1877 J. A. Symonds Renaissance in Italy iii. 147 Walking..like a somnambule sustained by an internal dream.

somnambulency n.

Brit.

/sɒmˈnambjᵿlənsi/

U.S.

/sɑmˈnæmbjələnsi/

sleepwalking, or a fit of this; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > sleepwalking

walking1607

somnambulation1794

sleepwalking1797

somnambulism1797

somnambulency1829

moonwalking1919

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > walking in sleep

walking1607

night walking1621

noctambulation1721

somnambulation1794

sleepwalking1797

somnambulism1797

noctambulism1807

somnambulency1829

somnambulance1885

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [noun] > sleep-walking

night walking1621

noctambulation1721

somnambulation1794

sleepwalking1797

somnambulism1797

noctambulism1807

somnambulency1829

somnambulance1885

1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1850) i. 10 The enthusiast passes through life in a sort of happy somnambulency.

1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. iii. 66 For nations have their somnambulencies.

somnambulic adj.

Brit.

/sɒmˈnambjᵿlɪk/

U.S.

/sɑmˈnæmbjəlɪk/

of the nature of, pertaining to, etc., somnambulism; walking during sleep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > sleep-walking

sleepwalking1797

somnambulic1841

somnambulistic1841

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > walking in sleep

sleepwalking1797

somnambulary1827

somnambular1830

somnambulic1841

somnambulistic1841

somnambulous1873

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > sleep-walking > of states or actions

somnambulary1827

somnambular1830

somnambulic1841

somnambulistic1841

somnambulating1876

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [adjective] > sleep-walking

sleepwalking1797

somnambulary1827

somnambular1830

somnambulic1841

somnambulistic1841

somnambulous1873

1841 C. Mackay Mem. Pop. Delusions III. 366 The patient was thrown into the somnambulic state.

1862 G. MacDonald David Elginbrod ii. xxxi A reproduction of some previous somnambulic experience.

1880 A. H. Huth Life & Writings H. T. Buckle I. 34 He..woke the landlady whose somnambulic figure..had just frightened him.

somnambulically adv.

Brit.

/sɒmˈnambjᵿlᵻkli/

U.S.

/sɑmˈnæmbjələk(ə)li/

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adverb] > sleep-walking

somnambulistically1845

somnambulically1887

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > in sleep

somnambulistically1845

somnambulically1887

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [adverb] > sleep-walking

somnambulistically1845

somnambulically1887

1887 Sat. Rev. 11 June 848 When he wakes, he finds that he has somnambulically made a pen-and-ink sketch.

somnambulism n.

Brit.

/sɒmˈnambjᵿlɪz(ə)m/

U.S.

/sɑmˈnæmbjəˌlɪz(ə)m/

[French somnambulisme (1765), Spanish -ismo, modern Latin somnambulismus] the fact or habit of walking about and performing other actions while asleep; sleepwalking.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > sleepwalking

walking1607

somnambulation1794

sleepwalking1797

somnambulism1797

somnambulency1829

moonwalking1919

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > walking in sleep

walking1607

night walking1621

noctambulation1721

somnambulation1794

sleepwalking1797

somnambulism1797

noctambulism1807

somnambulency1829

somnambulance1885

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [noun] > sleep-walking

night walking1621

noctambulation1721

somnambulation1794

sleepwalking1797

somnambulism1797

noctambulism1807

somnambulency1829

somnambulance1885

1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 534/2 Subject to that singular affection or disease called Somnambulism or sleep-walking.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas lxxv, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 54 The soldiers..Walked out of quarters in somnambulism.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 93 In somnambulism..the secondary consciousness takes control of the whole individual.

somnambulist n.

Brit.

/sɒmˈnambjᵿlɪst/

U.S.

/sɑmˈnæmbjələst/

one who walks, etc., while asleep; also attributive.

ΘΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > sleepwalking > one who

noctambuloa1631

noct-ambler1680

noctambulant1685

noctambulist1731

noctambulec1740

sleepwalker1747

night-walker1753

somnambulist1794

somnambulator1822

somnambule1837

moonwalker1950

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > walking in sleep > one who

noctambuloa1631

noctambulist1731

sleepwalker1747

night-walker1753

somnambulist1794

somnambulator1822

somnambule1837

1794 M. Wollstonecraft Hist. & Moral View of Origin & Progress French Revol. 275 It was dangerous to awaken a somnambulist on the brink of a precipice.

1840 R. H. Barham Spectre of Tappington in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 40 Never again was Lieutenant Seaforth known to act the part of a somnambulist.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 308 A revolution had been effected in Europe by a somnambulist peasant girl.

1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 158/1 Somnambulists have been observed to write letters or reports,..and play upon musical instruments.

somnambulistic adj.

Brit.

/sɒmˌnambjᵿˈlɪstɪk/

U.S.

/sɑmˌnæmbjəˈlɪstɪk/

somnambulic.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > sleep-walking

sleepwalking1797

somnambulic1841

somnambulistic1841

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > walking in sleep

sleepwalking1797

somnambulary1827

somnambular1830

somnambulic1841

somnambulistic1841

somnambulous1873

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > sleep-walking > of states or actions

somnambulary1827

somnambular1830

somnambulic1841

somnambulistic1841

somnambulating1876

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [adjective] > sleep-walking

sleepwalking1797

somnambulary1827

somnambular1830

somnambulic1841

somnambulistic1841

somnambulous1873

1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lxvi. 179 A somnambulastic leave-taking and walking in her sleep.

1845 ‘E. Warburton’ Crescent & Cross I. 216 A black little naked urchin sits on the splinter-bar, continually goading his somnambulistic team.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 167 Very rarely the patient may be also somnambulistic.

somnambulistically adv.

Brit.

/sɒmˌnambjᵿˈlɪstᵻkli/

U.S.

/sɑmˌnæmbjəˈlɪstək(ə)li/

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adverb] > sleep-walking

somnambulistically1845

somnambulically1887

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > in sleep

somnambulistically1845

somnambulically1887

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [adverb] > sleep-walking

somnambulistically1845

somnambulically1887

1845 ‘E. Warburton’ Crescent & Cross II. 289 The slaves glided about silently and somnambulistically, or stood with folded arms watching for a sign.

a1893 Symonds in H. F. Brown Life (1895) I. 71 I did not doubt that my spirit could somnambulistically travel from the place.

somnambulize v.

Brit.

/sɒmˈnambjᵿlʌɪz/

U.S.

/sɑmˈnæmbjəˌlaɪz/

(intransitive) to walk in sleep; transitive, to imagine during sleepwalking; also, to put into a sleepwalking state.

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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > sleep-walk

to walk in one's sleep1596

walka1616

somnambulize1832

somnambulate1833

sleepwalk1923

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > in sleep

somnambulize1832

somnambulate1833

sleepwalk1923

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > sleep-walk > imagine during

somnambulize1832

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > have stupor or coma [verb (intransitive)] > sleep-walk

to walk in one's sleep1596

walka1616

somnambulize1832

somnambulate1833

sleepwalk1923

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > have stupor or coma [verb (transitive)] > sleep-walk > imagine during

somnambulize1832

1832 Figaro in London 3 Mar. 52/1 When he somnambulizes upon the stage.

c1850 J. G. Whittier Mag. & Witch Folk in Tales & Sketches in Prose Wks. (1889) 1 400 A ‘wise woman’ dreamed, or somnambulized, that a large sum of money..lay buried in the centre of the great swamp.

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somnambulous adj.

Brit.

/sɒmˈnambjᵿləs/

U.S.

/sɑmˈnæmbjələs/

somnambulic (Dunglison, 1873).

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somnambulant adj.

Brit.

/sɒmˈnambjᵿlənt/

U.S.

/sɑmˈnæmbjələnt/

somnambulantly adv.

Brit.

/sɒmˈnambjᵿləntli/

U.S.

/sɑmˈnæmbjələntli/

1920 E. Sitwell Children's Tales 12 The puppets move somnambulantly through the dark of our hearts.

1983 Financial Times 5 Apr. 15/6 The ENO had a chorus involved in its work, not somnambulantly detached therefrom.

1987 I. McEwan Child in Time i. 8 She walked slowly, somnambulantly.

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单词	somn-
释义	somn-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. combining form of Latin somnus, used in words based on Latin ambulāre to walk; the oldest of these in English use are somnambulation, somnambulism, and somnambulist. (For variant, and in some cases earlier, terms see noct- at nocti- comb. form Forms.) somnambulance n. Brit. /sɒmˈnambjᵿləns/ , U.S. /sɑmˈnæmbjələns/ sleepwalking, somnambulism. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > walking in sleep walking1607 night walking1621 noctambulation1721 somnambulation1794 sleepwalking1797 somnambulism1797 noctambulism1807 somnambulency1829 somnambulance1885 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [noun] > sleep-walking night walking1621 noctambulation1721 somnambulation1794 sleepwalking1797 somnambulism1797 noctambulism1807 somnambulency1829 somnambulance1885 1885 Science 6 78 Committees were appointed on..hypnotism, clairvoyance, and somnambulance. 1905 Daily News 21 Jan. 6 His old habit or infirmity of somnambulance came back to him. somnambulant adj. and n. Brit. /sɒmˈnambjᵿlənt/ , U.S. /sɑmˈnæmbjələnt/ (a) adj. walking in sleep, somnambulic; (b) n. a somnambulist. Π 1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Mem. (1883) I. 231 Four such nights might have made a somnambulant of a much stronger woman than me. 1866 R. D. Blackmore Cradock Nowell xlix He was listless, passive, somnolent,—somnambulant. 1887 Sat. Rev. 15 Jan. 80 To walk in her sleep and to poison herself while in a somnambulant condition. somnambular adj. Brit. /sɒmˈnambjᵿlə/ , U.S. /sɑmˈnæmbjələr/ of or pertaining to sleepwalking; also loosely, connected with, of the nature of, sleep. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > walking in sleep sleepwalking1797 somnambulary1827 somnambular1830 somnambulic1841 somnambulistic1841 somnambulous1873 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > sleep-walking > of states or actions somnambulary1827 somnambular1830 somnambulic1841 somnambulistic1841 somnambulating1876 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [adjective] > sleep-walking sleepwalking1797 somnambulary1827 somnambular1830 somnambulic1841 somnambulistic1841 somnambulous1873 1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford II. iv. 128 The pair..mounted the stairs, arm-in-arm, in search of somnabular [read somnambular] accommodations. 1860 E. B. Browning Napoleon III in Italy v, in Poems before Congress While the palpitating peaks break out Ecstatic from somnambular repose. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story I. ii. 14 An ardent believer of the reality of somnambular clairvoyance. somnambulary adj. Brit. /sɒmˈnambjᵿləri/ , U.S. /sɑmˈnæmbjəˌlɛri/ = somnambular adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > walking in sleep sleepwalking1797 somnambulary1827 somnambular1830 somnambulic1841 somnambulistic1841 somnambulous1873 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > sleep-walking > of states or actions somnambulary1827 somnambular1830 somnambulic1841 somnambulistic1841 somnambulating1876 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [adjective] > sleep-walking sleepwalking1797 somnambulary1827 somnambular1830 somnambulic1841 somnambulistic1841 somnambulous1873 1827 A. Sutherland Tales of Pilgrim 369 I had become a sleep-walker; but whither my somnambulary adventures had conducted me, was a riddle I had yet to solve. somnambulate v. Brit. /sɒmˈnambjᵿleɪt/ , U.S. /sɑmˈnæmbjəˌleɪt/ (intransitive) to walk during sleep; transitive, to walk along (a place) while asleep. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > sleep-walk to walk in one's sleep1596 walka1616 somnambulize1832 somnambulate1833 sleepwalk1923 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > in sleep somnambulize1832 somnambulate1833 sleepwalk1923 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > walk along (a place) in sleep somnambulate1833 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > have stupor or coma [verb (intransitive)] > sleep-walk to walk in one's sleep1596 walka1616 somnambulize1832 somnambulate1833 sleepwalk1923 1833 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) V. 127 This inarticulate age which slumbers and somnambulates. 1840 T. Carlyle Diamond Necklace xiv His Eminence again somnambulates the Promenade de la Rose. 1873 M. Collins Squire Silchester II. xiv. 178 The latter, sometimes over~eating themselves, somnambulate. somnambulating adj. Brit. /sɒmˈnambjᵿleɪtɪŋ/ , U.S. /sɑmˈnæmbjəˌleɪdɪŋ/ sleepwalking. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > sleep-walking > of states or actions somnambulary1827 somnambular1830 somnambulic1841 somnambulistic1841 somnambulating1876 1876 Contemp. Rev. June 126 A somnambulating philosophy. somnambulation n. Brit. /sɒmˌnambjᵿˈleɪʃn/ , U.S. /sɑmˌnæmbjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ [modern Latin somnambulatio] the action or fact of walking in sleep. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > sleepwalking walking1607 somnambulation1794 sleepwalking1797 somnambulism1797 somnambulency1829 moonwalking1919 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > walking in sleep walking1607 night walking1621 noctambulation1721 somnambulation1794 sleepwalking1797 somnambulism1797 noctambulism1807 somnambulency1829 somnambulance1885 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [noun] > sleep-walking night walking1621 noctambulation1721 somnambulation1794 sleepwalking1797 somnambulism1797 noctambulism1807 somnambulency1829 somnambulance1885 1794–6 E. Darwin Zoonomia (1801) I. 325 Though in its greatest degree it has been called somnambulation or sleep-walking, it is totally different from that sleep. 1803 T. Beddoes Hygëia III. ix. 130 The lady, whose reverie or somnambulation is described. 1862 G. MacDonald David Elginbrod iii. xvii The next day she had a bad head-ache. This with her always followed somnambulation. somnambulator n. Brit. /sɒmˈnambjᵿleɪtə/ , U.S. /sɑmˈnæmbjəˌleɪdər/ = somnambulation n. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > sleepwalking > one who noctambuloa1631 noct-ambler1680 noctambulant1685 noctambulist1731 noctambulec1740 sleepwalker1747 night-walker1753 somnambulist1794 somnambulator1822 somnambule1837 moonwalker1950 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > walking in sleep > one who noctambuloa1631 noctambulist1731 sleepwalker1747 night-walker1753 somnambulist1794 somnambulator1822 somnambule1837 1822 Prichard Dis. Nervous Syst. I. 404 Hoffmann cites the case of a somnambulator, which [etc.]. somnambule n. Brit. /sɒmˈnambjuːl/ , /sɒmˈnambjᵿl/ , U.S. /sɑmˈnæmˌbjul/ , /sɑmˈnæmbjəl/ [ < French somnambule (1688), Spanish somnambulo, sonambulo, Portuguese sonambulo, modern Latin somnambulus, -ambulo] a somnambulist. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > sleepwalking > one who noctambuloa1631 noct-ambler1680 noctambulant1685 noctambulist1731 noctambulec1740 sleepwalker1747 night-walker1753 somnambulist1794 somnambulator1822 somnambule1837 moonwalker1950 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > walking in sleep > one who noctambuloa1631 noctambulist1731 sleepwalker1747 night-walker1753 somnambulist1794 somnambulator1822 somnambule1837 1837 J. F. Cooper Recoll. Europe II. 288 A woman, who was subject to the magnetic influence, or who was what is commonly called a somnambule. 1850 J. Braid Observ. Trance 30 The same discretion ought also to be extended to the modes of testing somnambules. 1877 J. A. Symonds Renaissance in Italy iii. 147 Walking..like a somnambule sustained by an internal dream. somnambulency n. Brit. /sɒmˈnambjᵿlənsi/ , U.S. /sɑmˈnæmbjələnsi/ sleepwalking, or a fit of this; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > sleepwalking walking1607 somnambulation1794 sleepwalking1797 somnambulism1797 somnambulency1829 moonwalking1919 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > walking in sleep walking1607 night walking1621 noctambulation1721 somnambulation1794 sleepwalking1797 somnambulism1797 noctambulism1807 somnambulency1829 somnambulance1885 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [noun] > sleep-walking night walking1621 noctambulation1721 somnambulation1794 sleepwalking1797 somnambulism1797 noctambulism1807 somnambulency1829 somnambulance1885 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1850) i. 10 The enthusiast passes through life in a sort of happy somnambulency. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xviii. iii. 66 For nations have their somnambulencies. somnambulic adj. Brit. /sɒmˈnambjᵿlɪk/ , U.S. /sɑmˈnæmbjəlɪk/ of the nature of, pertaining to, etc., somnambulism; walking during sleep. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > sleep-walking sleepwalking1797 somnambulic1841 somnambulistic1841 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > walking in sleep sleepwalking1797 somnambulary1827 somnambular1830 somnambulic1841 somnambulistic1841 somnambulous1873 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > sleep-walking > of states or actions somnambulary1827 somnambular1830 somnambulic1841 somnambulistic1841 somnambulating1876 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [adjective] > sleep-walking sleepwalking1797 somnambulary1827 somnambular1830 somnambulic1841 somnambulistic1841 somnambulous1873 1841 C. Mackay Mem. Pop. Delusions III. 366 The patient was thrown into the somnambulic state. 1862 G. MacDonald David Elginbrod ii. xxxi A reproduction of some previous somnambulic experience. 1880 A. H. Huth Life & Writings H. T. Buckle I. 34 He..woke the landlady whose somnambulic figure..had just frightened him. somnambulically adv. Brit. /sɒmˈnambjᵿlᵻkli/ , U.S. /sɑmˈnæmbjələk(ə)li/ ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adverb] > sleep-walking somnambulistically1845 somnambulically1887 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > in sleep somnambulistically1845 somnambulically1887 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [adverb] > sleep-walking somnambulistically1845 somnambulically1887 1887 Sat. Rev. 11 June 848 When he wakes, he finds that he has somnambulically made a pen-and-ink sketch. somnambulism n. Brit. /sɒmˈnambjᵿlɪz(ə)m/ , U.S. /sɑmˈnæmbjəˌlɪz(ə)m/ [French somnambulisme (1765), Spanish -ismo, modern Latin somnambulismus] the fact or habit of walking about and performing other actions while asleep; sleepwalking. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > sleepwalking walking1607 somnambulation1794 sleepwalking1797 somnambulism1797 somnambulency1829 moonwalking1919 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > walking in sleep walking1607 night walking1621 noctambulation1721 somnambulation1794 sleepwalking1797 somnambulism1797 noctambulism1807 somnambulency1829 somnambulance1885 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [noun] > sleep-walking night walking1621 noctambulation1721 somnambulation1794 sleepwalking1797 somnambulism1797 noctambulism1807 somnambulency1829 somnambulance1885 1797 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 534/2 Subject to that singular affection or disease called Somnambulism or sleep-walking. a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas lxxv, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 54 The soldiers..Walked out of quarters in somnambulism. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 93 In somnambulism..the secondary consciousness takes control of the whole individual. somnambulist n. Brit. /sɒmˈnambjᵿlɪst/ , U.S. /sɑmˈnæmbjələst/ one who walks, etc., while asleep; also attributive. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [noun] > sleepwalking > one who noctambuloa1631 noct-ambler1680 noctambulant1685 noctambulist1731 noctambulec1740 sleepwalker1747 night-walker1753 somnambulist1794 somnambulator1822 somnambule1837 moonwalker1950 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > walking in sleep > one who noctambuloa1631 noctambulist1731 sleepwalker1747 night-walker1753 somnambulist1794 somnambulator1822 somnambule1837 1794 M. Wollstonecraft Hist. & Moral View of Origin & Progress French Revol. 275 It was dangerous to awaken a somnambulist on the brink of a precipice. 1840 R. H. Barham Spectre of Tappington in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 40 Never again was Lieutenant Seaforth known to act the part of a somnambulist. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 308 A revolution had been effected in Europe by a somnambulist peasant girl. 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 158/1 Somnambulists have been observed to write letters or reports,..and play upon musical instruments. somnambulistic adj. Brit. /sɒmˌnambjᵿˈlɪstɪk/ , U.S. /sɑmˌnæmbjəˈlɪstɪk/ somnambulic. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > sleep-walking sleepwalking1797 somnambulic1841 somnambulistic1841 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > walking in sleep sleepwalking1797 somnambulary1827 somnambular1830 somnambulic1841 somnambulistic1841 somnambulous1873 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adjective] > sleep-walking > of states or actions somnambulary1827 somnambular1830 somnambulic1841 somnambulistic1841 somnambulating1876 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [adjective] > sleep-walking sleepwalking1797 somnambulary1827 somnambular1830 somnambulic1841 somnambulistic1841 somnambulous1873 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lxvi. 179 A somnambulastic leave-taking and walking in her sleep. 1845 ‘E. Warburton’ Crescent & Cross I. 216 A black little naked urchin sits on the splinter-bar, continually goading his somnambulistic team. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 167 Very rarely the patient may be also somnambulistic. somnambulistically adv. Brit. /sɒmˌnambjᵿˈlɪstᵻkli/ , U.S. /sɑmˌnæmbjəˈlɪstək(ə)li/ ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adverb] > sleep-walking somnambulistically1845 somnambulically1887 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > in sleep somnambulistically1845 somnambulically1887 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [adverb] > sleep-walking somnambulistically1845 somnambulically1887 1845 ‘E. Warburton’ Crescent & Cross II. 289 The slaves glided about silently and somnambulistically, or stood with folded arms watching for a sign. a1893 Symonds in H. F. Brown Life (1895) I. 71 I did not doubt that my spirit could somnambulistically travel from the place. somnambulize v. Brit. /sɒmˈnambjᵿlʌɪz/ , U.S. /sɑmˈnæmbjəˌlaɪz/ (intransitive) to walk in sleep; transitive, to imagine during sleepwalking; also, to put into a sleepwalking state. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > sleep-walk to walk in one's sleep1596 walka1616 somnambulize1832 somnambulate1833 sleepwalk1923 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > in sleep somnambulize1832 somnambulate1833 sleepwalk1923 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (intransitive)] > sleep-walk > imagine during somnambulize1832 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > have stupor or coma [verb (intransitive)] > sleep-walk to walk in one's sleep1596 walka1616 somnambulize1832 somnambulate1833 sleepwalk1923 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > have stupor or coma [verb (transitive)] > sleep-walk > imagine during somnambulize1832 1832 Figaro in London 3 Mar. 52/1 When he somnambulizes upon the stage. c1850 J. G. Whittier Mag. & Witch Folk in Tales & Sketches in Prose Wks. (1889) 1 400 A ‘wise woman’ dreamed, or somnambulized, that a large sum of money..lay buried in the centre of the great swamp. Thesaurus » Categories » somnambulous adj. Brit. /sɒmˈnambjᵿləs/ , U.S. /sɑmˈnæmbjələs/ somnambulic (Dunglison, 1873). Draft additions 1993 somnambulant adj. Brit. /sɒmˈnambjᵿlənt/ , U.S. /sɑmˈnæmbjələnt/ somnambulantly adv. Brit. /sɒmˈnambjᵿləntli/ , U.S. /sɑmˈnæmbjələntli/ Π 1920 E. Sitwell Children's Tales 12 The puppets move somnambulantly through the dark of our hearts. 1983 Financial Times 5 Apr. 15/6 The ENO had a chorus involved in its work, not somnambulantly detached therefrom. 1987 I. McEwan Child in Time i. 8 She walked slowly, somnambulantly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < comb. form1794
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