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SOMNILOQUISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does somniloquism mean? 

SOMNILOQUISM (noun)
  The noun SOMNILOQUISM has 1 sense:

1. uttering speech while asleepplay

  Familiarity information: SOMNILOQUISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOMNILOQUISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Uttering speech while asleep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

sleep talking; somniloquism; somniloquy

Hypernyms ("somniloquism" is a kind of...):

sleeping (the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate)

process; unconscious process (a mental process that you are not directly aware of)

Derivation:

somniloquist (someone who talks while asleep)


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