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English
Etymology
From Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulatio (“a walking about”), from ambulare (“to walk”). See somnolent, amble.
Noun
somnambulation (countable and uncountable, plural somnambulations)
- (rare) The phenomenon of sleepwalking.
- He is known for his somnambulation, as well as his vivid sleep-talking.
- (rare) An instance of sleepwalking.
- He broke his arm on one of his many somnambulations.
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