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somnambulism

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /sɒmˈnæmbjʊlɪzəm/

noun

Etymology: From French somnambulisme, from New Latin somnambulus, from Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulō (“to walk”), + -ism.

  1. sleepwalking

    “Meanwhile, towards the twelfth century, there come to be two weaknesses attached to this state of half-grown youth: by night somnambulism; in the daytime seeing of visions, trance, and the gift of tears.”