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NOCTAMBULISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does noctambulism mean?
• NOCTAMBULISM (noun)
The noun NOCTAMBULISM has 1 sense:
1. walking by a person who is asleep
Familiarity information: NOCTAMBULISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Walking by a person who is asleep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
noctambulation; noctambulism; sleepwalking; somnambulation; somnambulism
Hypernyms ("noctambulism" is a kind of...):
walk; walking (the act of traveling by foot)
sleeping (the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate)
Derivation:
noctambulist (someone who walks about in their sleep)
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