Definition of noctambulist in English:
noctambulist
noun nɒkˈtambjʊlɪstnɑkˈtæmbjələst
rare A sleepwalker.
Example sentencesExamples
- For nearly two years I had been going about my life a virtual somnambulist (noctambulist, if you prefer).
- It's still stranger to imagine legions of English noctambulists marching into moonlit fields to chant Dryden and Pope; but the implication of Wordsworth's scenario is that anyone undertaking the experiment would soon see the superiority of the night sky to the painted firmament of Augustan poetry.
- Why does a noctambulist walk about mechanically and sometimes in dangerous places (as on high roofs)?
Origin
Mid 18th century: from Latin nox, noct- 'night' + ambulare 'to walk' + -ist.
Rhymes
funambulist, somnambulist
Definition of noctambulist in US English:
noctambulist
nounnɑkˈtæmbjələstnäkˈtambyələst
rare A sleepwalker.
Example sentencesExamples
- For nearly two years I had been going about my life a virtual somnambulist (noctambulist, if you prefer).
- It's still stranger to imagine legions of English noctambulists marching into moonlit fields to chant Dryden and Pope; but the implication of Wordsworth's scenario is that anyone undertaking the experiment would soon see the superiority of the night sky to the painted firmament of Augustan poetry.
- Why does a noctambulist walk about mechanically and sometimes in dangerous places (as on high roofs)?
Origin
Mid 18th century: from Latin nox, noct- ‘night’ + ambulare ‘to walk’ + -ist.