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somnambulist

som·nam·bu·list

UK/sɒmˈnæmbjʊlɪst/ uncommon

noun

1.

someone who walks about in their sleep

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Origin

Borrowed from French somnambuliste, from Medieval Latin somnambulus (“sleepwalker”). By surface analysis, somn- + -ambulist.

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