See Also: somn-(dictionary)

somn- (iou)



somn- combining form of Latin somnus sleep, forming words with a second elem. based on Latin ambulare to walk.
som'nambulance noun sleepwalking, somnambulism L19.
som'nambulant adjective & noun (a) adjective walking in sleep, somnambulic; (b) noun a somnambulist: M19.
som'nambulantly adverb in a somnambulant manner E20.
som'nambular adjective of or pertaining to sleepwalking M19.
som'nambulate verb (a) verb intrans. walk during sleep; (b) verb trans. walk along (a place) while asleep: M19.
somnambu'lation noun [mod. Latin somnambulatio(n-)] sleepwalking L18.
som'nambule noun [French] a somnambulist M19.
som'nambulic adjective of the nature of or pertaining to somnambulism; walking during sleep: M19.
som'nambulism noun [French somnambulisme] (a) the fact or habit of walking about etc. while asleep; sleepwalking; (b) a condition of the brain inducing this; (c) a hypnotic state in which the subject is alert but has no subsequent recollection: L18.
som'nambulist noun a person who walks etc. while asleep L18.
somnambu'listic adjective somnambulic M19.
somnambu'listically adverb in a somnambulistic manner M19.