somnambulant

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/sʌmnˈæmbjᵿlənt/

adjective

Walking as if, or while, asleep; sleepwalking.

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OriginLatin somnus →
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Meanings

adjectivesomnambulant (not comparable)

alternative somnambulent

  1. not comparableWalking as if, or while, asleep; sleepwalking.

    Hopeless lost souls of hell, trudging through a decaying shitstream of traffic, wandering, somnambulant herds of the damned, […]

    2015, Jonathan Shaw, Narcisa: Our Lady of Ashes, New York, N.Y. […]: Infinitum Nihil/Harper Perennial, →ISBN, page 397

    Synonyms: somnambulic, somnambulistic

nounsomnambulant (plural somnambulants)

plural somnambulants · alternative somnambulent

  1. A sleepwalker.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveWalking as if, or while, asleep; sleepwalking.

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Also see
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Origin

  1. Latinsomnus“sleep”
  2. Englishsomnambulant

From Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulō (“to walk”) + -ant.

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Translations

Hungarian alvajáró
  • alvajárówalking asleep
Portuguese sonâmbulo, sonâmbula
  • sonâmbulowalking asleep
  • sonâmbulawalking asleep
Cite this entry
APA

somnambulant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnambulant

MLA

“somnambulant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnambulant. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “somnambulant,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnambulant.

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